The power of doing anything with quickness is always prized much by the possessor, and often without any attention to the imperfection of the performance.
Source: tatoeba (837435)
Imperfection
//ɪmpɚˈfɛkʃən//
Synonyms for "imperfection" (102 found)
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Closest matches (21)
Strong matches (30)
Related words (51)
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Translations
47 translations across 24 languages.
Albanian
1 entries- gërdhitë noun (state of being imperfect)
Asturian
2 entries- imperfeición noun (state of being imperfect)
- imperfeición noun (something that makes something else less than perfect)
Bikol Central
1 entries- kakundian noun (state of being imperfect)
Bulgarian
3 entries- дефект noun (something that makes something else less than perfect)
- недостатък noun (something that makes something else less than perfect)
- несъвършенство noun (state of being imperfect)
Catalan
2 entries- imperfecció noun (state of being imperfect)
- imperfecció noun (something that makes something else less than perfect)
Czech
2 entries- nedokonalost noun (state of being imperfect)
- nedokonalost noun (something that makes something else less than perfect)
Dutch
3 entries- imperfectie noun (state of being imperfect)
- onvolmaaktheid noun (state of being imperfect)
- schoonheidsfout noun (something that makes something else less than perfect)
Esperanto
1 entries- malperfektaĵo noun (something that makes something else less than perfect)
Finnish
4 entries- epätäydellisyys noun (state of being imperfect)
- puute noun (something that makes something else less than perfect)
- puutteellisuus noun (state of being imperfect)
- vika noun (something that makes something else less than perfect)
Galician
2 entries- imperfección noun (state of being imperfect)
- imperfección noun (something that makes something else less than perfect)
Greek
3 entries- ατέλεια noun (state of being imperfect)
- ατέλεια noun (something that makes something else less than perfect)
- ψεγάδι noun (something that makes something else less than perfect)
Hindi
1 entries- अपूर्णता noun (state of being imperfect)
Hungarian
1 entries- tökéletlenség noun (state of being imperfect)
Irish
1 entries- neamhfhoirfeacht noun (state of being imperfect)
Māori
1 entries- takarepa noun (something that makes something else less than perfect)
Occitan
1 entries- imperfeccion noun (state of being imperfect)
Old English
2 entries- unfulfremednes noun (state of being imperfect)
- unfulfremednes noun (something that makes something else less than perfect)
Polish
2 entries- niedoskonałość noun (state of being imperfect)
- niedoskonałość noun (something that makes something else less than perfect)
Portuguese
2 entries- imperfeição noun (state of being imperfect)
- imperfeição noun (something that makes something else less than perfect)
Romanian
2 entries- imperfecțiune noun (state of being imperfect)
- imperfecțiune noun (something that makes something else less than perfect)
Russian
1 entries- несоверше́нство noun (state of being imperfect)
Spanish
1 entries- imperfección noun (state of being imperfect)
Turkish
4 entries- defo noun (something that makes something else less than perfect)
- eksiklik noun (something that makes something else less than perfect)
- kusur noun (something that makes something else less than perfect)
- kusursuzluk noun (state of being imperfect)
Ukrainian
2 entries- недоскона́лість noun (state of being imperfect)
- недоскона́лість noun (something that makes something else less than perfect)
Sample sentences
15 total sentences available.
I didn't notice the imperfection.
Source: tatoeba (2275895)
She is fixated on one perceived imperfection when she is perfect in every way.
Source: tatoeba (6589314)
He wasted his youth on an imperfection no one cared about and some women actually found it attractive.
Source: tatoeba (6589320)
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