imperfect

Example Sentences

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At their worst, they’re weird; in summary, they’re simply imperfect.

From Salon • Apr. 5, 2026

The San Fernando Valley native is a brilliant director who has made sprawling, messy epics about imperfect people synonymous with his name, like John Ford with Westerns or A24 with art house flicks.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 17, 2026

Both approaches can miss events, depend on imperfect memory, and cannot record gas production while someone is asleep.

From Science Daily • Mar. 14, 2026

“We continue to see risks around the valuation premium and multiple, which in our opinion are pricing in perfection in an imperfect world,” says Burrows.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 12, 2026

Of course Charley, even with his imperfect nose, would have known more.

From "Travels with Charley in Search of America" by John Steinbeck