Definition of imperfecta
1. imperfect [ a ] not perfect; defective or inadequate
Examples:
"had only an imperfect understanding of his responsibilities"
"imperfect mortals"
"drainage here is imperfect"
(Bell I. Wiley, "Home Letters of Johnny Reb and Billy...)
Private Jenkins_Lloyd_Jones of the Wisconsin_Light_Artillery wrote in his diary : `` I strolled among the Alabamans on the right , found some of the greenest specimens of humanity I think in the universe their ignorance being little less_than the slave they despise with as imperfect a dialect ' They Recooned as how you ' uns all would be a heap wus to we ' uns all '' ' .
Synonyms imperfect Related Terms perfect defective broken corrupt blemished broken blemished perfection2. imperfect [ a ] having the attributes of man as opposed to e.g. divine beings
Examples:
"I'm only human"
"frail humanity"
(Jaroslav Pelikan, The Shape of Death: life, death and...)
There are some passages in the writings of Irenaeus where the image of God and the similitude are sharply distinguished , so most notably in the statement : `` If the [ Holy ] Spirit is absent from the soul , such a man is indeed of an animal nature ; and , being left carnal , he will be an imperfect being , possessing the image [ of God ] in his formation , but not receiving the similitude [ of God ] through the Spirit '' .
Synonyms weak imperfect frail fallible Related Terms human3. imperfect [ n ] a tense of verbs used in describing action that is on-going
Synonyms progressive_tense imperfect imperfect_tense continuous_tense progressive Related Terms tense future_progressive past_progressive present_progressiveSimilar Spelling
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