imperfection
Roget category 651
5. Words relating to the voluntary powers› 5.2. Prospective volition
›› 5.2.2. Subservience to ends
#651.
Imperfection
noun
imperfection —
imperfectness
etc.
adj. —
deficiency —
inadequacy
etc.
(insufficiency)
640 —
peccancy
etc.
(badness)
649† —
immaturity
etc.
674.
fault,
defect,
weak point —
screw loose —
flaw
etc.
(break)
70 —
gap
etc.
198 —
twist
etc.
243 —
taint,
attainder —
bar sinister,
hole in one's coat —
blemish
etc.
848 —
weakness
etc.
160 —
half blood —
shortcoming
etc.
304 —
drawback —
seamy side.
mediocrity —
no great shakes,
no great catch —
not much to boast of —
one-horse shay.
verb
be imperfect
etc.
adj. —
have a defect
etc.
n. —
lie under a disadvantage —
spring a leak.
not pass muster,
barely pass muster —
fall short
etc.
304.
adjective
imperfect —
not perfect
etc.
650 —
deficient,
defective —
faulty,
unsound,
tainted —
out of order,
out of tune —
cracked,
leaky —
sprung —
warped
etc.
(distort)
243 —
lame —
injured
etc.
(deteriorated)
659 —
peccant
etc.
(bad)
649 —
frail
etc.
(weak)
160 —
inadequate
etc.
(insufficient)
640 —
crude
etc.
(unprepared)
674 —
incomplete
etc.
53 —
found wanting —
below par —
short-handed —
below its full strength,
under its full strength,
below its full complement.
indifferent,
middling,
ordinary,
mediocre —
average
etc.
29 —
so-so —
coucicouci,
milk and water —
tolerable,
fair,
passable —
pretty well,
pretty good —
rather good,
moderately good —
good —
good enough,
well enough,
adequate —
decent —
not bad,
not amiss —
inobjectionable†,
unobjectionable,
admissible,
bearable,
only better than nothing.
secondary,
inferior —
second-rate,
second-best —
one-horse [U.S.].
adverb
almost
&c. —
to a limited extent,
rather
etc.
32 —
pretty,
moderately,
passing —
only,
considering,
all things considered,
enough.
phrase
surgit amari aliquid [Lat.].
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