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imperfect

[im-pur-fikt] / ɪmˈpɜr fɪkt /


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For companies like X Square, the logic of launching an imperfect service lies in data collection for so-called embodied artificial intelligence.

From Barron's • Jun. 11, 2026

After reading a Times story about Georg Kochi, a retiree who swapped his Koreatown lawn with plants suited for California, Lee was inspired by Kochi’s wild, wabi-sabi-style garden, which embraces the art of imperfect beauty.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026

It was a beautiful night in an imperfect but beautiful city.

From Slate • Jun. 3, 2026

The machinery was imperfect, the politics were real, and those who lost were not always treated well—the history of what followed Nicaea is not uniformly edifying.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 29, 2026

When he realized that his observatory shook slightly in the wind, making his measurements imperfect, he moved his instruments into underground bunkers.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton




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