imperfect
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a tense of verbs used in describing action that is on-going
Types & categories
- tense hypernym
- present progressive hyponym
- past progressive hyponym
- future progressive hyponym
Sense 2 adjective
not perfect; defective or inadequate
had only an imperfect understanding of his responsibilities
Related & opposite
- blemished also see
- broken also see
- perfect antonym
- perfection attribute
- imperfection derivation
- flawed similar to
- broken similar to
- corrupted similar to
- faulty similar to
- imperfectible similar to
- irregular similar to
Sense 3 adjective
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
Related & opposite
- imperfection derivation
- human similar to
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | tense |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | present progressive |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | past progressive |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | future progressive |
| 2 | also see | Related & opposite | blemished |
| 2 | also see | Related & opposite | broken |
| 2 | antonym | Related & opposite | perfect |
| 2 | attribute | Related & opposite | perfection |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | imperfection |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | flawed |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | broken |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | corrupted |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | faulty |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | imperfectible |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | irregular |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | imperfection |
| 3 | similar to | Related & opposite | human |