imperfect
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She trotted out her imperfect Spanish to show that she wanted to reach Angelenos in any way possible and was vulnerable enough to reveal that she was still learning.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 5, 2026
“To the extent that my rhetoric has been imperfect here,” Vance said, “that’s on me.”
From Salon ● Oct. 21, 2026
He said the motion was "imperfect" and he wanted to see it amended.
From BBC ● Oct. 15, 2026
Even “biological age,” a more established term reflecting how your body functions compared with a typical person of that chronological age, is an imperfect science, Vaughan said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026
Here’s a memory, which like most memories is imperfect and subjective—collected long ago like a beach pebble and slipped into the pocket of my mind.
From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama
Vocabulary lists containing imperfect
"The Song of Wandering Aengus" and "Sonnet 43," Vocabulary from the poems
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"Imperfect Me"
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President Obama's second inaugural address
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