Imperfect

//ɪmˈpɜː(ɹ)fɪkt//

Synonyms for "imperfect" (145 found)

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Translations

94 translations across 42 languages.

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Albanian

2 entries
  • E pakryer adj ((grammar) belonging to a tense of verbs used in describing a past action that is incomplete or continuous)
  • E pakryer noun (past tense)

Ancient Greek

2 entries
  • παρατατικός adj ((grammar) belonging to a tense of verbs used in describing a past action that is incomplete or continuous)
  • παρατατικός noun (past tense)

Arabic

1 entries
  • ناقص-غير كامل noun (past tense)

Armenian

1 entries
  • անկատար noun (past tense)

Asturian

1 entries
  • imperfeutu adj (not perfect)

Azerbaijani

1 entries
  • qeyri-kamil adj (not perfect)

Bulgarian

4 entries
  • незавършен adj (not perfect)
  • несъвършен adj (not perfect)
  • и́мперфект noun (past tense)
  • имперфе́кт noun (past tense)

Catalan

2 entries
  • imperfecte adj (not perfect)
  • imperfet noun (past tense)

Czech

1 entries
  • nedokonalý adj (not perfect)

Dutch

3 entries
  • imperfect adj (not perfect)
  • onvolmaakt adj (not perfect)
  • onvoltooid verleden tijd noun (past tense)

Esperanto

2 entries
  • imperfekta adj ((grammar) belonging to a tense of verbs used in describing a past action that is incomplete or continuous)
  • imperfekto noun (past tense)

Finnish

4 entries
  • epätäydellinen adj (not perfect)
  • vajavainen adj (not perfect)
  • imperfekti noun (past tense)
  • sekunda noun (something having a minor flaw)

French

3 entries
  • imparfait adj (not perfect)
  • imparfait adj ((grammar) belonging to a tense of verbs used in describing a past action that is incomplete or continuous)
  • imparfait noun (past tense)

Galician

2 entries
  • imperfecto adj (not perfect)
  • imperfecto noun (past tense)

German

4 entries
  • fehlerhaft adj (not perfect)
  • mangelhaft adj (not perfect)
  • unvollkommen adj (not perfect)
  • unvollständig adj (not perfect)

Greek

4 entries
  • ατελής adj (not perfect)
  • ελαττωματικός adj (not perfect)
  • ελλιπής adj (not perfect)
  • πλημμελής adj (not perfect)

Hebrew

3 entries
  • לֹא מוּשְלָם adj (not perfect)
  • לֹא נִשְׁלָם adj ((grammar) belonging to a tense of verbs used in describing a past action that is incomplete or continuous)
  • עָבָר לֹא מֻגְמָר noun (past tense)

Hungarian

4 entries
  • befejezetlen adj ((grammar) belonging to a tense of verbs used in describing a past action that is incomplete or continuous)
  • folyamatos adj ((grammar) belonging to a tense of verbs used in describing a past action that is incomplete or continuous)
  • tökéletlen adj (not perfect)
  • elbeszélő múlt noun (past tense)

Indonesian

1 entries
  • tidak sempurna adj (not perfect)

Irish

1 entries
  • anfhoirfe adj (not perfect)

Italian

4 entries
  • imperfetta adj (not perfect)
  • imperfetto adj (not perfect)
  • imperfetto adj ((grammar) belonging to a tense of verbs used in describing a past action that is incomplete or continuous)
  • imperfetto noun (past tense)

Japanese

1 entries
  • 不完全な adj (not perfect)

Khmer

1 entries
  • ខ្ចោះ adj (not perfect)

Latin

4 entries
  • imperfectus adj (not perfect)
  • imperfectus adj ((grammar) belonging to a tense of verbs used in describing a past action that is incomplete or continuous)
  • imperfectum noun (past tense)
  • praeteritum imperfectum noun (past tense)

Māori

4 entries
  • kōkau adj (not perfect)
  • nawe adj (not perfect)
  • takarepa adj (not perfect)
  • tōrōkiri adj (not perfect)

Old English

1 entries
  • unfulfremed adj (not perfect)

Ottoman Turkish

1 entries
  • اكسیك adj (not perfect)

Persian

1 entries
  • ناقص noun (past tense)

Plautdietsch

1 entries
  • onvollkomen adj (not perfect)

Polish

1 entries
  • niedoskonały adj (not perfect)

Portuguese

2 entries
  • imperfeito adj (not perfect)
  • imperfeito noun (past tense)

Romanian

2 entries
  • imperfect adj (not perfect)
  • imperfect noun (past tense)

Romansch

1 entries
  • imperfect noun (past tense)

Russian

3 entries
  • несоверше́нный adj (not perfect)
  • имперфе́кт noun (past tense)
  • несоверше́нное вре́мя noun (past tense)

Serbo-Croatian

1 entries
  • nesavršen adj ((grammar) belonging to a tense of verbs used in describing a past action that is incomplete or continuous)

Sicilian

2 entries
  • mpirfettu adj ((grammar) belonging to a tense of verbs used in describing a past action that is incomplete or continuous)
  • mpirfettu noun (past tense)

Spanish

2 entries
  • imperfecto adj (not perfect)
  • imperfecto noun (past tense)

Swedish

1 entries
  • imperfekt noun (past tense)

Tagalog

2 entries
  • balhag adj (not perfect)
  • dihimpit adj (not perfect)

Turkish

2 entries
  • kusurlu adj (not perfect)
  • noksan adj (not perfect)

Ukrainian

1 entries
  • недоскона́лий adj (not perfect)

Walloon

1 entries
  • durant adj ((grammar) belonging to a tense of verbs used in describing a past action that is incomplete or continuous)

Sample sentences

17 total sentences available.

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As your goods for which you are charging us were imperfect, we will not pay this account.

Source: tatoeba (54394)

Partly because he could not receive enough information, Harper's description remains imperfect.

Source: tatoeba (266514)

We are all imperfect. We cannot expect perfect government.

Source: tatoeba (907008)

I want death to find me planting my cabbages, but caring little for it, and even less for my imperfect garden.

Source: tatoeba (1784090)

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