imperfect

«imperfect» in Mova's school dictionary: Having faults or mistakes; not perfect — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

adjective (imperfect); noun (the imperfect — grammar)

meaning for a pupil

1) Having faults or mistakes; not perfect. tree →

2) (grammar) The imperfect tense describes past actions that were going on or happened often, as in French and Spanish, or «I was reading» in English. tree →

sense in the lessons

In everyday life and ethics it reminds us that everyone makes mistakes: «we are all imperfect». In shops «imperfect» goods have small faults and are cheaper. In language lessons it is a past tense. Phrases: an imperfect world, imperfect but useful, the imperfect tense.

examples

• The vase is slightly imperfect, so it was half price. tree →
• Nobody is perfect; we are all imperfect. tree →
• Her English is imperfect, but she speaks it bravely. tree →
• Christians believe that God loves people even though they are imperfect. tree →
• In French lessons we learned the imperfect tense. tree →
• The plan was imperfect, but it worked. tree →

note

Noun: imperfection. Opposite: perfect. Prefix im- means «not» (like impossible, impatient). In grammar, «imperfect» is a tense name, not a judgement.

In the corpora

• Your own imperfect work is worth more than someone else's perfect work with your name on it.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «imperfect» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.