I. im ‧ per ‧ fect 1 /ɪmˈpɜːfɪkt $ -ɜːr-/ BrE AmE adjective
[ Word Family: noun : ↑ perfection ≠ ↑ imperfection , ↑ perfectionist , ↑ perfectionism , ↑ perfectibility ; adjective : ↑ perfect ≠ ↑ imperfect , ↑ perfectible , ↑ perfectionist ; verb : ↑ perfect ; adverb : ↑ perfectly ≠ ↑ imperfectly ]
not completely correct or perfect SYN flawed :
the imperfect world we live in
—imperfectly adverb
—imperfection /ˌɪmpəˈfekʃ ə n $ -pər-/ noun [uncountable and countable]
II. imperfect 2 BrE AmE noun
the imperfect technical the form of a verb which is used when talking about an action in the past that is not complete. For example, ‘I was eating’.