Synonyms for imperfection
ˌɪm pərˈfɛk ʃənim·per·fec·tion

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1. imperfectionnoun

   Those qualities or features that are imperfect; the characteristic, state, or quality of being imperfect.

   You can accept your imperfection or try to improve.

   Synonyms:
   corruption

   Antonyms:
   flawlessness, perfection

2. imperfectionnoun

   Something that makes something else less than perfect; a blemish, impurity, error, etc.

   He loves me despite my imperfections.

   Synonyms:
   corruption

3. imperfectionnoun

   Synonyms:
   problem, mark, weakness, flaw, fault

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1. imperfection

   Whatever mars the beauty or completeness of an object is a blemish, whether original, as squinting eyes, or the result of accident or disease, etc., as the pits of smallpox. A blemish is superficial; a flaw or taint is in structure or substance. In the moral sense, we speak of a blot or stain upon reputation; a flaw or taint in character. A defect is the want or lack of something; fault, primarily a failing, is something that fails of an apparent intent or disappoints a natural expectation; thus a sudden dislocation or displacement of geological strata is called a fault. Figuratively, a blemish comes from one's own ill-doing; a brand or stigma is inflicted by others; as, the brand of infamy.

   Synonyms:
   blemish, blot, blur, brand, crack, daub, defacement, defect, deformity, dent, disfigurement, disgrace, dishonor, fault, flaw, injury, reproach, smirch, soil, speck, spot, stain, stigma, taint, tarnish

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1. imperfection

   Synonyms:
   deficiency, fault, failing, blemish, vice

Princeton's WordNetRate this synonym:3.0 / 1 vote

1. imperfection, imperfectnessnoun

   the state or an instance of being imperfect

   Synonyms:
   imperfectness

   Antonyms:
   ne plus ultra, perfection, flawlessness

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1. imperfectionnoun

   Synonyms:
   defect, fault, blemish, stain

2. imperfectionnoun

   Synonyms:
   weakness, frailty, foible, failing, vice

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1. imperfectionnoun

   Synonyms:
   defect, blemish, shortcoming, infirmity, foible, deformity, disfigurement, vice, frailty, fallibility

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1. List of paraphrases for "imperfection":

   flaw, inadequacy

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1. Dejan Stojanovic:

   There is something perfect to be found in the imperfect: the law keeps balance through the juxtaposition of beauty, which gains perfection through nurtured imperfection.

2. Tilak Fernando:

   Imperfection impermancy and unpredictability are the three gateways of opening in our reality.

3. Debasish Mridha, M.D.:

   Education is not a perfect process but it reduces the imperfection in our lives.

4. Lois McMaster Bujold, Mirror Dance, 1994, p. 287:

   Since no one is perfect, it follows that all great deeds have been accomplished out of imperfection. Yet they were accomplished, somehow, all the same.

5. Dejan Stojanovic:

   To accomplish the perfect perfection, a little imperfection helps.