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Showing words for IMPERFECT using the English dictionary

9 Letter Words for Imperfect

imperfect

8 Letter Words for Imperfect

perfecti

7 Letter Words for Imperfect

cimeter, emptier, ereptic, femiter, impetre, perfect, precite, prefect, receipt

6 Letter Words for Imperfect

cepter, cerite, cermet, certie, certif, emerit, emetic, empire, epimer, eremic, fierce, fierte, fremit, imperf, merice, metier, metric, pecite, peirce, perfet, perite, permic, permit, petrie, piecer, pierce, preife, premit, priefe, pteric, recept, recife, recipe, recite, reemit, refect, retime, temper, tempre, tierce, tipree, tremie, tricep

5 Letter Words for Imperfect

citee, citer, creem, creep, creme, crepe, crept, crete, crime, crimp, cripe, eimer, erect, erept, ermit, fecit, femic, ferie, ferme, fermi, fiere, freet, freit, fremt, ifree, imper, merce, merci, merit, meter, metic, metif, miter, mpret, mtier, peert, perce, perit, peter, petre, petri, piece, piert, preif, price, prief, prime, recip, recit, recpt, recti, refit, reice, remet, remit, repic, retem, retie, retip, rifte, tempe, terce, terfe, ticer, timer, treif, trice, tripe

4 Letter Words for Imperfect

cepe, cere, cert, cete, ceti, cire, cite, crim, crip, crit, crpe, eire, emer, emic, emir, emit, empt, epic, epit, eric, erie, erme, etic, feer, feet, feme, ferm, fete, fice, fict, fier, fire, firm, free, fret, frim, frit, icer, impf, irpe, item, iter, meer, meet, merc, mere, meri, mete, mice, mire, mite, peer, pere, perf, peri, perm, pert, pete, pice, pict, pier, piet, prec, pree, pref, prem, pret, prie, prim, rcpt, rect, reef, reem, reet, reft, reif, reim, reit, rept, rete, rice, riem, rife, rift, rime, ripe, ript, rite, teem, teer, teme, temp, tepe, terf, term, terp, tice, tier, time, tipe, tire, tree, trie, trim, trip

3 Letter Words for Imperfect

cee, cep, cer, cfi, cfm, cie, cif, cir, cit, cpi, cpm, cpr, cpt, crt, cte, ctf, ctr, ecm, ect, eec, eer, eft, eir, eme, emf, emp, epi, ere, erf, ert, etc, fcp, fec, fee, fei, fem, fer, fet, fie, fip, fir, fit, fmt, fpm, fri, frt, ftp, ice, ifc, ife, imf, imp, ipm, ipr, ire, mcf, mee, mei, mer, met, mfr, mic, mir, mit, mri, pcf, pci, pcm, pct, pec, pee, per, pet, pfc, pic, pie, pir, pit, pmt, prc, pre, prf, pte, rct, rec, ree, ref, rei, rem, rep, rie, rif, rim, rip, rit, rpm, rpt, rte, rti, tcp, tec, tee, tef, tem, ter, tfr, tic, tie, tim, tip, tpi, tpm, trf, tri, trm, trp

Definitions for Imperfect

[1] of, relating to, or characterized by defects or weaknesses: imperfect vision.
[2] not perfect; lacking completeness: imperfect knowledge.
[3] Grammar . noting action or state still in process at some temporal point of reference, particularly in the past.
[4] Law . being without legal effect or support; unenforceable.
[5] Botany . (of a flower) diclinous.
[6] Music . of or relating to the interval of a major or minor third or sixth. Compare perfect(def 13a) .
[7] the imperfect tense.
[8] another verb formation or construction with imperfect meaning.
[9] a form in the imperfect, as Latin portābam, “I was carrying.”
[10] exhibiting or characterized by faults, mistakes, etc; defective
[11] not complete or finished; deficient
[12] botany (of flowers) lacking functional stamens or pistils (of fungi) not undergoing sexual reproduction
[13] grammar denoting a tense of verbs used most commonly in describing continuous or repeated past actions or events, as for example was walking as opposed to walked
[14] law (of a trust, an obligation, etc) lacking some necessary formality to make effective or binding; incomplete; legally unenforceable See also executory (def. 1)
[15] music (of a cadence) proceeding to the dominant from the tonic, subdominant, or any chord other than the dominant of or relating to all intervals other than the fourth, fifth, and octave Compare perfect (def. 9)
[16] grammar the imperfect tense a verb in this tense

Words related to Imperfect

rudimentary, inexact, sketchy, immature, incomplete, warped, limited, junk, partial, garbage, dud, low, sick, lemon, minus, amiss, broken, damaged, defective, deficient

Words nearby Imperfect

imperceptible, imperception, imperceptive, impercipient, imperf., imperfect, imperfect competition, imperfect contrition, imperfect flower, imperfect fungus, imperfect stage

Origin of Imperfect

1300–50; < Latin imperfectus unfinished (see im-2, perfect); replacing Middle English imparfit < Middle French imparfait < Latin, as above

Other words from Imperfect

im·per·fect·ly , adverb
im·per·fect·ness , noun

Synonyms for Imperfect

immature, incomplete, inexact, rudimentary, sketchy, warped, dud, garbage, junk, lemon, limited, low, minus, partial, sick, amiss, below par, bottom-of-barrel, broken, damaged, defective, deficient, disfigured, faulty, few bugs, impaired, injured, marred, patchy, schlocky, two-bit, undeveloped, unfinished, unsound, vicious