late 14c., imparfit, "sinful, immoral; not properly formed, not complete, immature; rudimentary, elementary," from Old French imparfait, from Latin imperfectus "unfinished, incomplete, [..]

not perfect; defective or inadequate; "had only an imperfect understanding of his responsibilities"; "imperfect mortals"; "drainage her [..]

Said of a book discovered upon examination to have pages or sections missing, duplicated, or bound out of order or upside-down. The publisher will usually exchange or perfect copies containing binding [..]

The term applied to the interval of a second, third, sixth, or seventh.

not perfect or complete: as a : not enforceable : enforceable only under certain conditions [an obligation] b : lacking an element otherwise required by law compare perfect

Tense that refers to an action or state which is continuous or repetitious: I am walking, he talks, they sleep.

(n) a tense of verbs used in describing action that is on-going(adj) not perfect; defective or inadequate(adj) wanting in moral strength, courage, or will; having the attributes of man as opposed to e [..]

Not perfect. * Shakespeare *: Why, then, your other senses grow imperfect. * Milton *: Nothing imperfect or deficient left / Of all that he created. * Alexander Pope *: Then say not man's impe [..]