imperfect

Example Sentences

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It is striking that Webb frequently invoked U.S. shareholder rights as a model for Hong Kong to emulate, albeit an imperfect one.

From Barron's • Apr. 7, 2026

Without a more robust multilateralism, we risk replacing an imperfect system of collective security with the brutal reality of widespread insecurity.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 30, 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 bitter little man who taught the course was the lone professor in the school who had guts enough to try to teach it, and even he evinced the rigidity of imperfect understanding.

From "Go Set a Watchman: A Novel" by Harper Lee