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Definition of Imperfectness
1. Noun. The state or an instance of being imperfect.
Generic synonyms: State
Specialized synonyms: Failing, Weakness, Flaw, Defect, Defect, Fault, Flaw, Wart, Defectiveness, Faultiness
Antonyms: Perfection
Derivative terms: Imperfect, Imperfect
Definition of Imperfectness
1. n. The state of being imperfect.
Definition of Imperfectness
1. Noun. The state of being imperfect. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Imperfectness
1. [n -ES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Imperfectness
Literary usage of Imperfectness
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Mathematical and Physical Papers: Collected from Different Scientific by Baron William Thomson Kelvin, Sir Joseph Larmor, James Prescott Joule (1890)
"... upon previous conditions of the substance in respect to strain, the " viscosity"
would be continuous with a true imperfectness of static elasticity. ..."
2. A Biographical Dictionary of Eminent Scotsmen by Robert Chambers, Thomas Thomson (1854)
"This indiscrimination may be only apparent, and may derive its character from
the imperfectness of the history of that period ; but as we judge of the good ..."
3. Trees and Tree-planting by James Sanks Brisbin (1888)
"Unseasonable Felling, and Precautionary Measures to Prevent imperfectness.—Date -when
Introduced into England.—An Interesting Account of its Introduction. ..."
4. A Selection from the Writings of the Reformers and Early Protestant Divines by Legh Richmond (1817)
"do his commandments; but that lack our Saviour will supply with his fulfilling,
and with his perfect- ness he will take away our imperfectness. ..."
5. Punch by Mark Lemon, Henry Mayhew, Tom Taylor, Shirley Brooks, Francis Cowley Burnand, Owen Seaman (1870)
"... likely to prejudice the critic, and lead him to impute to the piece defects
really due to imperfectness of preparation or incompleteness of performance. ..."
6. Journal of the Statistical Society of London by Statistical Society (Great Britain) (1855)
"Therefore, while we look for an accurate statement of one class of facts, there
is another class, the imperfectness of which may be readily accounted for, ..."
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