IMPERFECT, IMPERFECTION, IMPERFECTLY
ADJECTIVES
► ABORTIVATE imperfect, defective → c1630 obs.
► HALF-FACED imperfect, incomplete, half-and-half → 1592
► HALFLING half-complete, imperfect → 1705 Sc.
► IMPERFECTED not perfected; incomplete, imperfect → 1552 obs.
► IMPERFECTIOUS full of imperfection, imperfect, faulty → 1594 obs.
► IMPERFECTIVE characterized by imperfection; imperfect → a1677 obs.
► ROUGH AROUND THE EDGES unpolished, having some flaws or imperfections → 1892
► UNPERFECT imperfect; unfitting → 1766 Sc. & Eng. dial.
ADVERBS
► NAKEDLY barely, poorly, imperfectly; slightly → 1589 obs.
NOUNS
► ATELOPHOBIA an abnormal fear of imperfection → 1991 (Bk.)
► IMPERFECTIVE an imperfection, a defect, a fault, a blemish → 1601 obs.
► ROUGH EDGE an imperfection or lack of polish; often in plural → 1765
► UNFULLMAKING imperfection → a1300 obs.
► WART a flaw; an imperfection → 20C sl.
PHRASES
► WARTS AND ALL including all blemishes or imperfections unconcealed → 1930 UK sl.
VERBS
► GALL a fault, an imperfection; a defect in a tree → 1900 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► IMPERFECT to render imperfect; to destroy the perfection of → 1555 obs.
► MAKE MASHELTON OF ANYTHING to do anything imperfectly, to make a muddle of, to bungle → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► WALLY to hurry over work; to do anything in an imperfect manner → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)