IMPERFECTNESS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does imperfectness mean? 

• IMPERFECTNESS (noun)
  The noun IMPERFECTNESS has 1 sense:

1. the state or an instance of being imperfect

  Familiarity information: IMPERFECTNESS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• IMPERFECTNESS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The state or an instance of being imperfect

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

imperfection; imperfectness

Hypernyms ("imperfectness" is a kind of...):

state (the way something is with respect to its main attributes)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "imperfectness"):

failing; weakness (a flaw or weak point)

flaw (an imperfection in a plan or theory or legal document that causes it to fail or that reduces its effectiveness)

defect (an imperfection in a bodily system)

defect; fault; flaw (an imperfection in an object or machine)

wart (an imperfection in someone or something that is suggestive of a wart (especially in smallness or unattractiveness))

defectiveness; faultiness (the state of being defective)

Derivation:

imperfect (wanting in moral strength, courage, or will; having the attributes of man as opposed to e.g. divine beings)

imperfect (not perfect; defective or inadequate)