imperfect
Example Sentences
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It was a beautiful night in an imperfect but beautiful city.
From Slate • Jun. 3, 2026
And that's why I think their response was imperfect.
From BBC • Jun. 1, 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
Apple is making hit products and high profits from imperfect chips.
From MarketWatch • May 18, 2026
One reason why the new science made progress and the old philosophy did not is that it was conscious of being imperfect and incomplete.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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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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