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imperfect

adjective noun

wanting in moral strength, courage, or will; having the attributes of man as opposed to e.g. divine beings

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Word length
9
Starts with
I
Ends with
T
Contains
MP
Scrabble score
18
Database source
OEWN 2025 Core

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adjective

  1. wanting in moral strength, courage, or will; having the attributes of man as opposed to e.g. divine beings

    “I'm only a fallible human”

adjective

  1. not perfect; defective or inadequate

    “had only an imperfect understanding of his responsibilities”

noun

  1. a tense of verbs used in describing action that is on-going

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I'm only a fallible human
frail humanity
had only an imperfect understanding of his responsibilities
imperfect mortals
drainage here is imperfect

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