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imperfection

[im-per-fek-shuhn] / ˌɪm pərˈfɛk ʃən /


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"We sell imperfection, and that's attractive for some. It's not 'unreliable', it's the measure of craftsmanship."

From BBC Aug. 1, 2026

It’s always the imperfection of everything you’ve ever written, that’s what keeps you writing.

From The Wall Street Journal May 25, 2026

But he seemed unwilling to transform that imperfection into a constitutional defect in which counsel, in his view, still had “every opportunity” to make the point and did not.

From Slate Apr. 10, 2026

“Frankenstein,” in turn, is the director’s latest monument to the beauty of imperfection.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 10, 2026

Unless you make your living as a supermodel, you know what it's like to have at least one physical imperfection that makes you feel irreversibly ugly.

From "Americanized" by Sara Saedi

Its benefits appear natural and permanent; its imperfections, intolerable.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 19, 2026

The film frames their lapses in rigor as the joys of being a teenager, rather than imperfections — or worse, weakness in the pursuit of glory.

From Salon Aug. 18, 2026

Rather than treating wrinkles only as imperfections, researchers may be able to use them as functional features whose geometry helps determine how electricity behaves.

From Science Daily Aug. 17, 2026

In an age of AI-generated images and machine-manufactured products, it may be those imperfections that keep some of Britain's oldest skills alive.

From BBC Aug. 1, 2026

I guess sometimes the perfection we perceive in others is made up of a whole bunch of tiny imperfections, because some days the damn dress just won’t zip.

From "Dumplin'" by Julie Murphy




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