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The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English | 2009 | Copyright

im·per·fect / imˈpərfikt/ • adj. 1. not perfect; faulty: an imperfect grasp of English. ∎ not fully formed or done; incomplete: imperfect census records smoke due to imperfect combustion. 2. Gram. (of a tense) denoting a past action in progress but not completed at the time in question. 3. Mus. (of a cadence) ending on the dominant chord. 4. Law (of a gift, title, etc.) transferred without all the necessary conditions or requirements being met. • n. (the imperfect) Gram. the imperfect tense. DERIVATIVES: im·per·fect·ly adv.

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The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology | 1996 | | Copyright

imperfect not perfect XIV; (gram.) of a tense XVI. ME. inperfit — (O)F. imparfait; see IM-2, PERFECT.
So imperfection.

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imperfect

The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed. | 2011 | Copyright

imperfect see tense .

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Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes | 2007 | Copyright

imperfect •addict, afflict, conflict, constrict, contradict, convict, delict, depict, evict, hand-picked, inflict, interdict, Pict, predict, strict •edict •Benedict • verdict •imperfect, perfect, pluperfect, word-perfect •object • subject • relict • district •concoct, decoct •landlocked • dreadlocked •unprovoked, unsmoked •uncooked, unlooked •abduct, adduct, conduct, construct, destruct, duct, instruct, misconduct, obstruct •ventiduct • aqueduct • product •safe-conduct • viaduct •handworked, unworked •mulct • unthanked • sacrosanct •distinct, extinct, succinct •precinct • instinct •conjunct, defunct, disjunct, injunct •adjunct • unasked

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