imperfect

English

Etymology

im- +‎ perfect

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA: /ɪmˈpɝːfɪkt/, /ɪmˈpɝːfɛkt/

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Adjective

imperfect (comparative more imperfect, superlative most imperfect)

1. Not perfect
2. (botany) unisexual: having either male (with stamens) or female (with pistil) flowers, but not with both.
3. (taxonomy) Known or expected to be polyphyletic, as of a form taxon.

Synonyms

• defective

Antonyms

• (not perfect): perfect
• (unisexual): perfect

Translations

not perfect

• Asturian: imperfeutu (ast)
• Catalan: imperfecte (ca)
• Czech: nedokonalý (cs) m
• Finnish: vajavainen, epätäydellinen
• Galician: imperfecto (gl) m
• Greek: ατελής (el) (atelís) m and f, ελλιπής (el) (ellipís) m and f, πλημμελής (el) (plimmelís) m and f, ελαττωματικός (el) (elattomatikós) m

• Hungarian: tökéletlen (hu)
• Portuguese: imperfeito (pt)
• Romanian: imperfect (ro) m and n
• Russian: несовершенный (ru) (nesoveršénnyj)
• Spanish: imperfecto (es)

unisexual — see unisexual

Noun

imperfect (plural imperfects)

1. Something having a minor flaw
2. (grammar) A tense of verbs used in describing a past action that is incomplete or continuous.

Translations

something having a minor flaw

• Finnish: sekunda (fi)

• Greek: ελαττωματικός (el) (elattomatikós) m

past tense

• Arabic: ناقص-غير كامل (ar)
• Catalan: imperfet (ca) m
• Dutch: onvoltooid verleden tijd (nl) m
• Finnish: imperfekti (fi)
• French: imparfait (fr) m
• Galician: imperfecto (gl) m
• Greek: παρατατικός (el) (paratatikós) m

• Italian: imperfetto (it) m
• Persian: ناقص (fa) (nâqes)
• Portuguese: imperfeito (pt) m
• Russian: несовершенный (ru) (nesoveršennyj) m
• Spanish: imperfecto (es) m
• Swedish: imperfekt (sv)

Related terms

• imperfection