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imperfection

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


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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

Instead, the star believes diversity and imperfection, particularly when it comes to food, is important - we "should celebrate the tomato or the onion that comes out of the ground not looking perfect".

From BBC May 9, 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

Once he’d finished recording, Jesso asked his friend Shawn Everett to mix “Shine”; what he got back — with every imperfection of his voice under a virtual magnifying glass — terrified him.

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 22, 2025

Having felt in him the presence of these qualities, I felt his imperfection and took courage.

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë

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

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

Or it could be worry that comes from helping the children understand a plan designed to protect them from their weaknesses requires a discussion of those imperfections.

From MarketWatch Jul. 29, 2026

At lower temperatures, tiny imperfections within the material had the greatest influence on the quantum effect.

From Science Daily Jun. 4, 2026

In the midst of Kepler’s mathematical raptures, and despite his sequestered life, the imperfections of the outside world must also have molded his character.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan




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