bell notificationshomepageloginedit profileclubsdmBox

Search word meanings:

Word Meanings - IMPERFECT - Book Publishers vocabulary database

1. Not perfect; not complete in all its parts; wanting a part; deective; deficient. Something he left imperfect in the state. Shak. Why, then, your other senses grow imperfect. Shak. 2. Wanting in some elementary organ that is essential

Additional info about word: IMPERFECT

1. Not perfect; not complete in all its parts; wanting a part; deective; deficient. Something he left imperfect in the state. Shak. Why, then, your other senses grow imperfect. Shak. 2. Wanting in some elementary organ that is essential to successful or normal activity. He . . . stammered like a child, or an amazed, imperfect person. Jer. Taylor. 3. Not fulfilling its design; not realizing an ideal; not conformed to a standard or rule; not satisfying the taste or conscience; esthetically or morally defective. Nothing imperfect or deficient left Of all that he created. Milton. Then say not man's imperfect, Heaven in fault; Say rather, man's as perfect as he ought. Pope. Imperfect arch, an arch of less than a semicircle; a skew arch. -- Imperfect cadence , one not ending with the tonic, but with the dominant or some other chord; one not giving complete rest; a half close. -- Imperfect consonances , chords like the third and sixth, whose ratios are less simple than those of the fifth and forth. -- Imperfect flower , a flower wanting either stamens or pistils. Gray. -- Imperfect interval , one a semitone less than perfect; as, an imperfect fifth. -- Imperfect number , a number either greater or less than the sum of its several divisors; in the former case, it is called also a defective number; in the latter, an abundant number. -- Imperfect obligations , obligations as of charity or gratitude, which cannot be enforced by law. -- Imperfect power , a number which can not be produced by taking any whole number or vulgar fraction, as a factor, the number of times indicated by the power; thus, 9 is a perfect square, but an imperfect cube. -- Imperfect tense , a tense expressing past time and incomplete action.

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of IMPERFECT)

Possible antonyms: (opposite words of IMPERFECT)

Related words: (words related to IMPERFECT)

  • GREENLANDER
    A native of Greenland.
  • GREENLET
    l. One of numerous species of small American singing birds, of the genus Vireo, as the solitary, or blue-headed (Vireo solitarius); the brotherly-love ; the warbling greenlet ; the yellow-throated greenlet and others. See Vireo. 2. Any species
  • SLIGHTNESS
    The quality or state of being slight; slenderness; feebleness; superficiality; also, formerly, negligence; indifference; disregard.
  • LIGHT
    licht, OHG. lioht, Goth. liuhap, Icel. lj, L. lux light, lucere to 1. That agent, force, or action in nature by the operation of which upon the organs of sight, objects are rendered visible or luminous. Note: Light was regarded formerly
  • WANTLESS
    Having no want; abundant; fruitful.
  • WANTON
    wanting , hence expressing negation + towen, p. p., AS. togen, p. p. of teón to draw, to educate, bring up; hence, 1. Untrained; undisciplined; unrestrained; hence, loose; free; luxuriant; roving; sportive. "In woods and wanton wilderness."
  • INSUFFICIENTLY
    In an insufficient manner or degree; unadequately.
  • FALTER
    To thrash in the chaff; also, to cleanse or sift, as barley. Halliwell.
  • GREENSAND
    A variety of sandstone, usually imperfectly consolidated, consisting largely of glauconite, a silicate of iron and potash of a green color, mixed with sand and a trace of phosphate of lime. Note: Greensand is often called marl, because
  • GREENFISH
    See POLLOCK
  • GREENOCKITE
    Native cadmium sulphide, a mineral occurring in yellow hexagonal crystals, also as an earthy incrustation.
  • SURFACE LOADING
    The weight supported per square unit of surface; the quotient obtained by dividing the gross weight, in pounds, of a fully loaded flying machine, by the total area, in square feet, of its supporting surface.
  • HESITATION
    1. The act of hesitating; suspension of opinion or action; doubt; vacillation. 2. A faltering in speech; stammering. Swift.
  • SHORT-WITED
    Having little wit; not wise; having scanty intellect or judgment.
  • GREENHOUSE
    A house in which tender plants are cultivated and sheltered from the weather.
  • GREENWEED
    See GREENBROOM
  • SLIGHTEN
    To slight. B. Jonson.
  • LIGHTSOME
    1. Having light; lighted; not dark or gloomy; bright. White walls make rooms more lightsome than black. Bacon. 2. Gay; airy; cheering; exhilarating. That lightsome affection of joy. Hooker. -- Light"some*ly, adv. -- Light"some*ness, n. Happiness
  • CRIPPLY
    Lame; disabled; in a crippled condition. Mrs. Trollope.
  • SLIGHTINGLY
    In a slighting manner.
  • DISREGARDFULLY
    Negligently; heedlessly.
  • DELIGHTING
    Giving delight; gladdening. -- De*light"ing*ly, adv. Jer. Taylor.
  • DISRESPECTABILITY
    Want of respectability. Thackeray.
  • DRUMMOND LIGHT
    A very intense light, produced by turning two streams of gas, one oxygen and the other hydrogen, or coal gas, in a state of ignition, upon a ball of lime; or a stream of oxygen gas through a flame of alcohol upon a ball or disk of lime; -- called
  • AYEGREEN
    The houseleek . Halliwell.
  • DELIGHTLESS
    Void of delight. Thomson.

 

Back to top