Imperfection

Word IMPERFECTION
Character 12
Hyphenation im per fec tion
Pronunciations /ɪmpɚˈfɛkʃən/

Definitions and meanings of "Imperfection"

What do we mean by imperfection?

The quality or condition of being imperfect. noun

Something imperfect; a defect or flaw. synonym: blemish. noun

The character or condition of being imperfect; want of perfection; defectiveness; faultiness. noun

An imperfect detail; a particular in which perfection is lacking; a defect, physical, mental, or moral. noun

Synonyms Defect, deficiency, incompleteness, fault, failing, weakness, frailty, foible, blemish, vice. noun

The quality or condition of being imperfect; lack of perfection; incompleteness; deficiency; fault or blemish. noun

Those qualities or features that are imperfect; the characteristic, state, or quality of being imperfect. noun

Something that makes something else less than perfect; a blemish, impurity, error, etc. noun

The state or an instance of being imperfect noun

Those qualities or features that are imperfect; the characteristic, state, or quality of being imperfect.

Something that makes something else less than perfect; a blemish, impurity, error, etc.

Synonyms and Antonyms for Imperfection

The word "imperfection" in example sentences

It's true that, as you point out, one can also argue that imperfection is not proved. ❋ Unknown (2009)

That doesn't mean that we revel in imperfection, as is the implication of The Times 'story - that we have no standards. ❋ Unknown (2009)

It doesn't look so accidental to me; a film that depicts humans achieving peace only at the price of their emotions, their desires, their individuality, and their ability to walk normally seems to understand that imperfection is an intrinsic part of what it means to be human. ❋ Unknown (2007)

As far as I can tell, any self-tanner I tried was like taking an ink pen and making my every skin imperfection darker, thereby bringing more attention to it. ❋ Unknown (2007)

Anyway, imperfection is what makes things INTERESTING. ❋ Unknown (2003)

All imperfection is easier to tolerate if served up in small doses. ❋ Unknown (1996)

This imperfection is caused by plucking the ear when too green. ❋ Unknown (1917)

It's a calm model of parenting that has built into its core the idea of imperfection; theirs, ours, hers. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Leibniz and for Wolff, pleasure and pain are a direct awareness of perfection or imperfection, that is, of well-being or ill-being. ❋ ABRAHAM EDEL (1968)

His imperfection is the imperfection of a demi-god. ❋ Robert Lynd (1914)

Jew nor Gentile in the language of another creed -- and though the application of this theory is never complete, the imperfection is the result not of religious opposition but of social pressure. ❋ Charles Eliot (1896)

From ourselves, when we take away the idea of imperfection, we can form some conception of what God is. ❋ Andrew Murray (1872)

So for us, the true temper is confidence in His power and will, an earnest waiting on Him, a brave forward yearning hope blended with a lowly consciousness of imperfection, which is a spur not a clog, and vigorous increasing efforts to bring into life and character the fulness and beauty of God. ❋ Alexander Maclaren (1868)

How the contemplation of the imperfection, which is the law of life, should lead us to hope for that heaven where perfection is. ❋ Alexander Maclaren (1868)

To such a youth the imperfection was a virtue the more. ❋ George Reid (1862)

It further implies imperfection, which is equally far from our hopes of happiness beyond the grave. ❋ Unknown (1859)

Holiness of persons is twofold; either relative and external, which signifies the peculiar relation of a person to God; such were called iereis, priests, or holy men: or else habitual and inherent; such is the holiness of good men, and it is a separation from moral imperfection, that is, from sin and impurity: and this is called osio'tes and the primary notion of it is negative, and signifies the absence and remotion of sin. ❋ 1630-1694 (1820)

God to be imagined to be a body, or matter, I prove that he is a spirit, because it is an imperfection, that is, an absurdity, to imagine him anything else: to imagine God to be a body, or matter, doth evidently contradict four great perfections of God. ❋ 1630-1694 (1820)

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