English-Thai Dictionary

imperfect

ADJ ซึ่ง ไม่สมบูรณ์  ซึ่ง ไม่ สมประกอบ  incomplete complete perfect sueng-mai-som-bun

 

imperfect

ADJ บกพร่อง  ซึ่ง ไม่ สมบูรณ์แบบ  ซึ่ง มี ข้อเสีย  defective flawed flawless perfect bok-prong

 

imperfectible

A ที่ ทำให้ เสร็จสิ้น สมบูรณ์ ไม่ได้ 

 

imperfection

N ข้อบกพร่อง  defect fault flaw perfection kor-bok-prong

 

imperfectly

ADV อย่าง ไม่สมบูรณ์  อย่าง บกพร่อง  incompletely completely yang-mai-som-bun

 

imperfectness

N ความ บกพร่อง 

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

IMPERFECT

a.[L. imperfectus; in and perfectus, finished, perfect; perficio, to perfect; per and facio, to make. ] 1. Not finished; not complete. The work or design is imperfect.
2. Defective; not entire, sound or whole; wanting a part; impaired. The writings of Livy are imperfect.
3. Not perfect in intellect; liable to err; as, men are imperfect; our minds and understandings are imperfect.
4. Not perfect in a moral view; not according to the laws of God, or the rules of right. Our services and obedience are imperfect.
5. In grammar, the imperfect tense denotes an action in time past, then present, but not finished.
6. In music, incomplete; not having all the accessary sounds; as an imperfect chord.
An imperfect interval is one which does not contain its complement of simple sounds.

 

IMPERFECTION

n.[L. imperfectio, supra. ] Defect; fault; the want of a part or of something necessary to complete a thing; equally applicable to physical or moral subjects. When fruit fails to come to maturity, and after it begins to decay, we denominate the defect, an imperfection. Laws sometimes fail of the intended effect, either from their imperfection, or from the imperfection of the administration. Men are all chargeable with imperfections, both in character and in conduct.

 

IMPERFECTLY

adv. In an imperfect manner or degree; not fully; not entirely; not completely; not in the best manner; not without fault or failure.

 

IMPERFECTNESS

n.The state of being imperfect.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

IMPERFECT

Im *per "fect, a. Etym: [L. imperfectus: pref. im- not + perfectus perfect: cf. F imparfait, whence OE. imparfit. See Perfect. ]

 

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 (Mus. ), one not ending with the tonic, but with the dominant or some other chord; one not giving complete rest; a half close. -- Imperfect consonances (Mus. ), chords like the third and sixth, whose ratios are less simple than those of the fifth and forth. -- Imperfect flower (Bot. ), a flower wanting either stamens or pistils. Gray. -- Imperfect interval (Mus. ), one a semitone less than perfect; as, an imperfect fifth. -- Imperfect number (Math. ), 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 (Law ), obligations as of charity or gratitude, which cannot be enforced by law. -- Imperfect power (Math. ), 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 (Gram ), a tense expressing past time and incomplete action.

 

IMPERFECT

IMPERFECT Im *per "fect, n. (Gram. )

 

Defn: The imperfect tense; or the form of a verb denoting the imperfect tense.

 

IMPERFECT

IMPERFECT Im *per "fect, v. t.

 

Defn: To make imperfect. [Obs. ]

 

IMPERFECTIBILITY

IMPERFECTIBILITY Im `per *fec `ti *bil "i *ty, n.

 

Defn: The state or quality of being imperfectible. [R.]

 

IMPERFECTIBLE

IMPERFECTIBLE Im `per *fec "ti *ble, a.

 

Defn: Incapable of being mad perfect. [R.]

 

IMPERFECTION

Im `per *fec "tion, n. Etym: [L. imperfectio: cf. F. imperfection. See Imperfect, a.]

 

Defn: The quality or condition of being imperfect; want of perfection; incompleteness; deficiency; fault or blemish. Sent to my account With all my imperfections on my head. Shak.

 

Syn. -- Defect; deficiency; incompleteness; fault; failing; weakness; frailty; foible; blemish; vice.

 

IMPERFECTNESS

IMPERFECTNESS Im *per "fect *ness, n.

 

Defn: The state of being imperfect.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

imperfect

im per fect |imˈpərfikt ɪmˈpərfəkt | ▶adjective 1 not perfect; faulty or incomplete: an imperfect grasp of English. 2 Grammar (of a tense ) denoting a past action in progress but not completed at the time in question. 3 Music (of a cadence ) ending on the dominant chord. 4 Law (of a gift, title, etc. ) transferred without all the necessary conditions or requirements being met. ▶noun (the imperfect ) Grammar the imperfect tense. DERIVATIVES im per fect ly adverb ORIGIN Middle English imparfit, imperfet, from Old French imparfait, from Latin imperfectus, from in- ‘not ’ + perfectus (see perfect ). The spelling change in the 16th cent. was due to association with the Latin form.

 

imperfect competition

im per fect com pe ti tion ▶noun the situation prevailing in a market in which elements of monopoly allow individual producers or consumers to exercise some control over market prices.

 

imperfection

im per fec tion |ˌimpərˈfekSHən ˈˌɪmpərˈfɛkʃən | ▶noun a fault, blemish, or undesirable feature: the imperfections and injustices in our political system. • the state of being faulty or incomplete: he accepted me without question, in all my imperfection. ORIGIN late Middle English: via Old French from late Latin imperfectio (n- ), from imperfectus (see imperfect ).

 

imperfective

im per fec tive |ˌimpərˈfektiv ˌɪmpərˈfɛktɪv |Grammar ▶adjective relating to or denoting an aspect of verbs, esp. in Slavic languages, that expresses action without reference to its completion. The opposite of perfective. ▶noun the imperfective aspect, or an imperfective form of a verb.

 

imperfect rhyme

im per fect rhyme ▶noun a rhyme in which there is only a partial matching of sounds (e.g., love and move ). See also pararhyme.

 

Oxford Dictionary

imperfect

im |per ¦fect |ɪmˈpəːfɪkt | ▶adjective 1 not perfect; faulty or incomplete: an imperfect grasp of English. 2 Grammar (of a tense ) denoting a past action in progress but not completed at the time in question. 3 Music (of a cadence ) ending on the dominant chord. 4 Law (of a gift, title, etc. ) transferred without all the necessary conditions or requirements being met. ▶noun (the imperfect ) Grammar the imperfect tense. DERIVATIVES imperfectly adverb ORIGIN Middle English imparfit, imperfet, from Old French imparfait, from Latin imperfectus, from in- ‘not ’ + perfectus (see perfect ). The spelling change in the 16th cent. was due to association with the Latin form.

 

imperfect competition

im |per ¦fect com |pe ¦ti ¦tion ▶noun [ mass noun ] the situation prevailing in a market in which elements of monopoly allow individual producers or consumers to exercise some control over market prices.

 

imperfection

im |per |fec ¦tion |ɪmpəˈfɛkʃ (ə )n | ▶noun a fault, blemish, or undesirable feature: the imperfections and injustices in our political system. • [ mass noun ] the state of being faulty or incomplete: he accepted me without question, in all my imperfection. ORIGIN late Middle English: via Old French from late Latin imperfectio (n- ), from imperfectus (see imperfect ).

 

imperfective

imperfective |ɪmpəˈfɛktɪv |Grammar ▶adjective relating to or denoting an aspect of verbs in Slavic languages that expresses action without reference to its completion. The opposite of perfective. ▶noun (the imperfective ) the imperfective aspect.

 

imperfect rhyme

im |per ¦fect rhyme ▶noun a rhyme that only partly satisfies the usual criteria (e.g. love and move ).

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

imperfect

imperfect adjective 1 the goods were returned as imperfect: faulty, flawed, defective, shoddy, unsound, inferior, second-rate, below standard, substandard; damaged, blemished, torn, broken, cracked, scratched; informal not up to snuff, not up to scratch, crummy, lousy. ANTONYMS flawless. 2 an imperfect form of the manuscript: incomplete, unfinished, half-done; unpolished, unrefined, rough. ANTONYMS complete. 3 she spoke imperfect Arabic: broken, faltering, halting, hesitant, rudimentary, limited. ANTONYMS flawless, fluent.

 

imperfection

imperfection noun 1 the glass is free from imperfections: defect, fault, flaw, deformity, discoloration, disfigurement; crack, scratch, chip, nick, pit, dent; blemish, stain, spot, mark, streak. ANTONYMS strength. 2 he was aware of his imperfections: flaw, fault, failing, deficiency, weakness, vice, weak point, fallibility, shortcoming, foible, inadequacy, frailty, limitation, chink in one's armor. ANTONYMS perfection. 3 the imperfection of the fossil record: incompleteness, patchiness, deficiency; roughness, crudeness. ANTONYMS completeness.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

imperfect

imperfect adjective 1 the goods were returned as imperfect: faulty, flawed, defective, shoddy, unsound, unsaleable, unfit, inferior, second-rate, below par, below standard, substandard; damaged, impaired, blemished, broken, cracked, torn, scratched, deformed, warped, shabby; inoperative, malfunctioning, not functioning, not working, out of order, in a state of disrepair; informal not up to snuff, not up to scratch, tenth-rate, crummy, lousy; Brit. informal duff, ropy, rubbish, not much cop. ANTONYMS perfect. 2 the manuscript was published in imperfect form in 1888 and fully in 1947: incomplete, abridged, not whole, not entire, partial, unfinished, half-done; deficient, lacking, wanting, unpolished, unrefined, patchy, rough, crude. ANTONYMS complete. 3 she spoke imperfect Arabic: broken, disjointed, faltering, halting, hesitant, rudimentary, limited, non-fluent, deficient. ANTONYMS perfect, fluent.

 

imperfection

imperfection noun 1 the glass is free from bubbles and other imperfections: defect, fault, flaw, deformity, discoloration, disfigurement; crack, break, scratch, chip, dent, pit, notch, nick; blemish, stain, spot, mark, streak. 2 he was aware of his own imperfections: flaw, fault, failing, deficiency, weakness, weak point, weak spot, shortcoming, fallibility, frailty, infirmity, foible, inadequacy, limitation; Achilles heel, chink in one's armour; informal hang-up. ANTONYMS strength. 3 nature is full of imperfection: flaws, faults, faultiness, irregularity, abnormality, distortion, deformity, malformation, misshapenness; ugliness, disfigurement. ANTONYMS perfection. 4 the imperfection of the fossil record: incompleteness, patchiness, partialness, deficiency; roughness, crudeness. ANTONYMS completeness. WORD LINKS imperfection atelophobia fear of imperfection Word Links sections supply words that are related to the headword but do not normally appear in a thesaurus because they are not actual synonyms.CHOOSE THE RIGHT WORD imperfection, blemish, flaw See blemish . These notes show fine distinctions in meaning between closely related synonyms to help you find the best word.

 

French Dictionary

imperfectible

imperfectible adj. adjectif Qui n ’est pas perfectible. ANTONYME perfectible .

 

imperfection

imperfection n. f. nom féminin 1 État de ce qui n ’est pas parfait. 2 Défaut. : Il y a quelques imperfections dans ce travail.

 

Spanish Dictionary

imperfectible

imperfectible adjetivo Que no puede ser perfeccionado :el ser humano nunca será capaz de dar una respuesta imperfectible y definitiva a ciertas preguntas sobre la vida y el universo .ANTÓNIMO perfectible .

 

imperfectivo, -va

imperfectivo, -va adjetivo 1 ling [aspecto verbal ] Que presenta la acción designada por el verbo como no terminada :‘escribía ’ y ‘estudio ’ tienen aspecto imperfectivo, frente a ‘escribió ’ o ‘ha estudiado ’ que son perfectivos .SINÓNIMO imperfecto .ANTÓNIMO perfectivo .2 ling [verbo ] Que expresa una acción en su desarrollo, cuando aún no ha acabado :el verbo ‘querer ’ es imperfectivo .SINÓNIMO imperfecto .

 

imperfecto, -ta

imperfecto, -ta adjetivo 1 Que no tiene todas las cualidades requeridas o deseables para ser bueno o el mejor de su género :una obra imperfecta; tiene un conocimiento imperfecto del idioma .ANTÓNIMO perfecto .2 ling Imperfectivo .3 adjetivo /nombre masculino ling [pretérito ] Que expresa una acción anterior al presente cuyo desarrollo se presenta como no acabado :‘creía ’ es pretérito imperfecto de ‘creer ’.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

imperfect

im per fect /ɪmpə́ː r fɪkt /〖im (打ち消し )perfect (完全な )〗形容詞 more ～; most ～1 〈情報 知識 理解などが 〉不完全な , 不十分な; 〈機能 システムなどが 〉欠陥 [欠点 ]のある ▸ an imperfect person 欠点のある [不完全な ]人物 ▸ imperfect knowledge 不十分な知識 2 〘文法 〙(時制が )未完了の, 半過去の 〘英語では過去進行形など 〙.3 〘植 〙雌雄異花の 〘1つの花に雄しべ, または雌しべだけしかない 〙.4 〘法 〙法的要件 [有効性 ]を欠く .5 〘楽 〙〈音程 協和音などが 〉不完全な .名詞 〖the ～; 単数形で 〗〘文法 〙未完了相 [時制 ], 半過去 〘英語では過去進行形に対応する 〙.

 

imperfection

im per fec tion /ɪ̀mpə r fékʃ (ə )n /名詞 1 U 不完全, 不十分 .2 C «…の » 欠点, 短所, 欠陥, 不備 ; (布などの )傷 «in » .

 

imperfectly

im p é r fect ly 副詞 不完全に, 不十分に .