ALL meanings of imperfect
im·per·fect
I i - adjective imperfect not perfect; lacking completeness: imperfect knowledge. 2
- adjective imperfect of, relating to, or characterized by defects or weaknesses: imperfect vision. 1
- adjective imperfect Grammar. noting action or state still in process at some temporal point of reference, particularly in the past. 1
- adjective imperfect Law. being without legal effect or support; unenforceable. 1
- adjective imperfect Botany. (of a flower) diclinous. 1
- adjective imperfect Music. of or relating to the interval of a major or minor third or sixth. Compare perfect (def 13a). 1
- noun imperfect the imperfect tense. 1
- noun imperfect another verb formation or construction with imperfect meaning. 1
- noun imperfect a form in the imperfect, as Latin portābam, “I was carrying.”. 1
- abbreviation IMPERFECT impaired 1
- abbreviation IMPERFECT incomplete 1
- adjective imperfect grammar: in or of the imperfect tense 1
- noun imperfect grammar: past tense 1
- adjective imperfect Something that is imperfect has faults and is not exactly as you would like it to be. 0
- singular noun imperfect In grammar, the imperfect or the imperfect tense of a verb is used to describe continuous situations or repeated actions in the past. Examples are 'I was reading' and 'they were eating'. 0
- adjective imperfect exhibiting or characterized by faults, mistakes, etc; defective 0
- adjective imperfect not complete or finished; deficient 0
- adjective imperfect (of flowers) lacking functional stamens or pistils 0
- adjective imperfect (of fungi) not undergoing sexual reproduction 0
- adjective imperfect denoting a tense of verbs used most commonly in describing continuous or repeated past actions or events, as for example was walking as opposed to walked 0
- adjective imperfect (of a trust, an obligation, etc) lacking some necessary formality to make effective or binding; incomplete; legally unenforceable 0
- adjective imperfect (of a cadence) proceeding to the dominant from the tonic, subdominant, or any chord other than the dominant 0
- adjective imperfect of or relating to all intervals other than the fourth, fifth, and octave 0
- noun imperfect the imperfect tense 0
- noun imperfect a verb in this tense 0
- adjective imperfect not finished or complete; lacking in something 0
- adjective imperfect not perfect; having a defect, fault, or error 0
- adjective imperfect in certain inflected languages, designating or of the tense of a verb that indicates a past action or state as uncompleted, continuous, customary, or going on at the same time as another: “was writing” and “used to write” are English forms corresponding to the imperfect tense in such languages 0
- adjective imperfect designating an interval of a major or minor third or sixth 0