imperfect
Example Sentences
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Even if imperfect, the value is in the effort, in the ongoing practice of remembering, as an act of devotion to family and self.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 24, 2026
In this year's tournament the average winning margin is currently higher than usual at 34 points, but an incomplete fixture list make it an imperfect comparison.
From BBC • Apr. 24, 2026
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
The U.S. remains what it has long been: a contentious, often frustrating democracy shaped by competing interests and imperfect leadership.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 26, 2026
Here’s a memory, which like most memories is imperfect and subjective—collected long ago like a beach pebble and slipped into the pocket of my mind.
From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama
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Vocabulary lists containing imperfect
"The Song of Wandering Aengus" and "Sonnet 43," Vocabulary from the poems
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"Imperfect Me"
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President Obama's second inaugural address
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