Synonym: defective, deficient, faulty, inadequate, incomplete. Similar words: interfere, interfere in, interfere with, whimper, affect, effect, impetus, imperial. Meaning: [ɪm'pɜrfɪkt /-'pɜːf-] n. a tense of verbs used in describing action that is on-going. adj. 1. not perfect; defective or inadequate 2. having the attributes of man as opposed to e.g. divine beings.
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31. It is only imperfection that complains of what is imperfect. The more perfect we are the more gentle and quiet we become towards the defects of others. Joseph Addison
32. Such yardsticks, though imperfect, have continued to anticipate or accompany major changes in the economy.
33. The assumptions about technology and about the form of imperfect competition are in fact based on those of Section 7-3.
34. Just that the latter will have to lower their expectations and make do with imperfect versions of the former.
35. In general, people have a very imperfect knowledge of the law.
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36. Democracy, no matter how imperfect, is still the best method of government.
37. But since all faiths are imperfect, the question of the comparative merit of different religions does not arise.
38. Given that annuity markets are imperfect, people may leave substantial estates even though they have no altruistic feelings towards their heirs.
39. One useful, if imperfect, measure of luxury in a car is the number of unique features it has.
40. Gabriel had never realized how many sick or imperfect people there were in the world.
41. Some readings seemed high, possibly because of imperfect masking of the plant boxes.
42. The sergeant could never understand rich people with imperfect features who did not spend money on cosmetic surgery.
43. Monitoring such standards requires supervision which is both costly and frequently highly imperfect.
44. This complex and imperfect achievement did not result automatically or easily from dispassionate moral or factual analysis.
45. It has a clear theoretical structure, which builds upon imperfect competition, over-lapping wage contracts and relatively efficient financial markets.
46. We begin with a more general discussion of all forms of imperfect competition and monopoly power.
47. Perhaps, in a science as complex as climatology, computer models are imperfect.
48. Fun-lovers live superficially, afraid to face suffering and to enter deeply into the ambiguities and hurts of an imperfect world.
49. Oxford gave the 54,000 crowd the imperfect example of pressure, a sustained forward roll that yielded exactly zero.
50. High stool frequency, imperfect continence or the use of anti-diarrhoeal drugs was similar in all three groups.
51. In the imperfect world in which we live, however, there exists a whole range of different interest rates.
52. Making that decision, alas, is an imperfect art, upon which the future of space exploration has long rested.
53. First, because markets are imperfect in various ways they will tolerate serious levels of inefficiency.
54. An imperfect start, but one that over time will reveal a great deal about mathematics, astronomy, and science.
55. The copy is then imperfect and the proteins it will create may be entirely different.
56. Bookto-bill has recently become an imperfect predictor of semiconductor industry sales and shipments.
57. The free market system is an imperfect mechanism for achieving full employment.
58. The second way in which imperfect competition can affect trade is through market segmentation.
59. As a mere imperfect mortal, I find myself working twice as hard to introduce those whom I like to the Lord.
60. Instead of pure competition, there was monopolistic competition or imperfect competition.
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