imperfection

English

Etymology

From Old French imperfeccion. See im- +‎ perfection.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ɪmpɚˈfɛkʃən/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -ɛkʃən

Noun

imperfection (countable and uncountable, plural imperfections)

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

   You can accept your imperfection or try to improve.

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

   He loves me despite my imperfections.

Synonyms

• (quality of being imperfect): corruption
• (something that prevents perfection): fault, flaw, mark, problem, weakness
• See also Thesaurus:defect

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of “quality of being imperfect”): flawlessness, perfection

Translations

state of being imperfect

• Albanian: gërdhitë (sq)
• Asturian: imperfeición f
• Bikol Central: kakundian
• Bulgarian: несъвършенство (bg) (nesǎvǎršenstvo)
• Catalan: imperfecció f
• Czech: nedokonalost (cs) f
• Dutch: imperfectie (nl), onvolmaaktheid (nl)
• Finnish: epätäydellisyys (fi), puutteellisuus (fi)
• Galician: imperfección (gl) f
• Greek: ατέλεια (el) f (atéleia)
• Hungarian: tökéletlenség (hu)
• Irish: neamhfhoirfeacht f
• Occitan: imperfeccion f
• Old English: unfulfremednes f
• Polish: niedoskonałość (pl) f
• Portuguese: imperfeição (pt) f
• Romanian: imperfecțiune (ro) f
• Russian: несоверше́нство (ru) n (nesoveršénstvo)
• Spanish: imperfección (es) f
• Turkish: kusursuzluk (tr), mükemmellik (tr), mükemmeliyet (tr)
• Ukrainian: недоскона́лість f (nedoskonálistʹ)

something that makes something else less than perfect

• Asturian: imperfeición f
• Bulgarian: дефект (bg) m (defekt), недостатък (bg) m (nedostatǎk)
• Catalan: imperfecció f
• Czech: nedokonalost (cs) f
• Dutch: schoonheidsfout (nl)
• Esperanto: malperfektaĵo
• Finnish: puute (fi), vika (fi)
• Galician: imperfección (gl) f
• Greek: ατέλεια (el) f (atéleia), ψεγάδι (el) n (psegádi)
• Old English: unfulfremednes f
• Polish: niedoskonałość (pl) f
• Portuguese: imperfeição (pt) f
• Romanian: imperfecțiune (ro) f
• Turkish: kusur (tr), eksiklik (tr), defo (tr)
• Ukrainian: недоскона́лість f (nedoskonálistʹ)

French

Etymology

From Latin imperfectiōnem.

Pronunciation

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Noun

imperfection f (plural imperfections)

1. (uncountable) imperfection
2. (countable) imperfection

Further reading

• “imperfection”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Middle French

Noun

imperfection f (plural imperfections)

1. (uncountable) imperfection
2. (countable) imperfection