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Definition of Imperfectability
1. Noun. The quality of not being perfectable; of being forever imperfect ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Imperfectability
Literary usage of Imperfectability
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A History of the United States by Edward Channing (1908)
"The Dutch and the English had no scruples against supplying the Indians with rum
or even with firearms, and considering the imperfectability of human nature ..."
2. Defense Policy in the Reagan Administration edited by William P. Snyder, James Brown (1997)
"But, arguments that focus on the imperfectability of an active defense, aside
from being irrational, ignore the larger contribution that defense can make to ..."
3. The Principles of Money by James Laurence Laughlin (1903)
"Since this may be a natural result of improvements, why was this risk not foreseen ?
If an understanding of the imperfectability of a standard of deferred ..."
4. A Bibliographical Antiquarian and Picturesque Tour in France and Germany by Thomas Frognall Dibdin (1821)
"The originals must, in the lapse of a few centuries, perish from the imperfectability
of their materials : the copies will continue to be fresh and vigorous ..."
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