IMPERFECT

Imperfect

The imperfect is a verb form, found in various languages, which combines past tense and imperfective aspect . It can therefore have meanings similar to the English "was walking" or "used to walk." It contrasts with preterite forms, which refer to a single completed event in the past.

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imperfect

Noun

  1. Something having a minor flaw
  2. A tense of verbs used in describing a past action that is incomplete or continuous.

Adjective

  1. Not perfect.
  2. unisexual: having either male (with stamens) or female (with pistil) flowers, but not with both.
  3. Known or expected to be polyphyletic, as of a form taxon.
  4. Lacking some elementary organ that is essential to successful or normal activity.


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