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imperfect

[im-pur-fikt] / ɪmˈpɜr fɪkt /


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Purchase imperfect secondhand garden furniture where you can sit and drink tea and read an imperfectly wonderful book by your favorite author.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 17, 2026

Each one was slightly imperfect, dusted generously with cinnamon.

From Salon • Mar. 17, 2026

The San Fernando Valley native is a brilliant director who has made sprawling, messy epics about imperfect people synonymous with his name, like John Ford with Westerns or A24 with art house flicks.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 17, 2026

The twin roles fall right in line with other characters designed for Jordan by Coogler, who has featured the actor in all of his films -- always a complicated, imperfect man.

From Barron's • Mar. 16, 2026

And in the end, Harold’s imperfect audio system happened to be the last note in the melody of coincidences that changed my life.

From "Turtles All the Way Down" by John Green




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