imperfectness

noun

as in imperfection

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Recent Examples of imperfectness American Girl emphasized the imperfectness of history and invited girls to make the nation better. — Tara Strauch, Fortune, 29 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for imperfectness
  1. imperfection
  2. incompleteness
  3. unsoundness
Noun
  • The drawings, the performances, the writing, the imperfections, the choices.
    — Chris Gardner, HollywoodReporter, 30 Sep. 2026
  • There’s an imperfection to it that makes this strange world feel real.
    — Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 30 Sep. 2026
Definition of imperfection
Noun
  • His first incompleteness theorem states that there are necessarily unprovable statements in all sufficiently strong, contradiction-free systems.
    — Manon Bischoff, Scientific American, 26 May 2026
  • His first incompleteness theorem states that in every formal system of mathematics that is rich enough to express arithmetic, there will be propositions that are both true and unprovable.
    — Quanta Magazine, Quanta Magazine, 18 May 2026
Definition of incompleteness
Noun
  • Based on Alaïa Jade’s public reputation and the structural unsoundness of the bell tower, Smullen thinks an accidental death is likely.
    — Sophie Brookover, Vulture, 21 Nov. 2025
  • In looking back at the history of Emtech, the colt who suffered a catastrophic breakdown in Saturday’s eighth race, it was discovered that he was once placed on the Veterinarian’s List because of unsoundness.
    — John Cherwa, Los Angeles Times, 30 Sep. 2019
Definition of unsoundness

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“Imperfectness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/imperfectness. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.

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