imperfection
Example Sentences
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It’s always the imperfection of everything you’ve ever written, that’s what keeps you writing.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 25, 2026
Instead, the star believes diversity and imperfection, particularly when it comes to food, is important - we "should celebrate the tomato or the onion that comes out of the ground not looking perfect".
From BBC • May 9, 2026
Ethan is the picture of imperfection, and in his flaws, we see ourselves.
From Salon • May 24, 2025
But what those awaiting this rule should understand is that this is not about punishing imperfection.
From Slate • Apr. 15, 2025
Any such attempt to define stages of any evolutionary or developmental continuum—whether of musical styles, human life stages, or human societies—is doubly doomed to imperfection.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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