imperfect
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“To the extent that my rhetoric has been imperfect here,” Vance said, “that’s on me.”
From Salon ● Oct. 21, 2026
He said the motion was "imperfect" and he wanted to see it amended.
From BBC ● Oct. 15, 2026
“I don’t have rose-colored glasses about it, it’s imperfect, like anything else. But ultimately, for a couple of hours, it’s a utopia for the girls.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 8, 2026
The Audi team relies on hotel-provided black curtains, which McNish said are good but imperfect.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026
One reason why the new science made progress and the old philosophy did not is that it was conscious of being imperfect and incomplete.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
Vocabulary lists containing imperfect
"The Song of Wandering Aengus" and "Sonnet 43," Vocabulary from the poems
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President Obama's second inaugural address
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