imperfection

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• US: /ɪmpɚˈfɛkʃən/
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• rhymes with -ɛkʃən
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• CMU ARPABET: IH2 M P ER0 F EH1 K SH AH0 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Old French imperfeccion, see im- + perfection.

47 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: gërdhitë — state of being imperfect
• Asturian: imperfeición — state of being imperfect
• Central Bikol: kakundian — state of being imperfect
• Bulgarian: несъвършенство (nesǎvǎršenstvo) — state of being imperfect
• Catalan: imperfecció — state of being imperfect
• Czech: nedokonalost — state of being imperfect
• Dutch: imperfectie — state of being imperfect
• Dutch: onvolmaaktheid — state of being imperfect
• Finnish: epätäydellisyys — state of being imperfect
• Finnish: puutteellisuus — state of being imperfect
• Galician: imperfección — state of being imperfect
• Greek: ατέλεια (atéleia) — state of being imperfect
• Hindi: अपूर्णता (apūrṇatā) — state of being imperfect
• Hungarian: tökéletlenség — state of being imperfect
• Irish: neamhfhoirfeacht — state of being imperfect
• Occitan: imperfeccion — state of being imperfect
• Old English: unfulfremednes — state of being imperfect
• Polish: niedoskonałość — state of being imperfect
• Portuguese: imperfeição — state of being imperfect
• Romanian: imperfecțiune — state of being imperfect
• Russian: несоверше́нство (nesoveršénstvo) — state of being imperfect
• Spanish: imperfección — state of being imperfect
• Turkish: kusursuzluk — state of being imperfect
• Turkish: mükemmellik — state of being imperfect
• Turkish: mükemmeliyet — state of being imperfect
• Ukrainian: недоскона́лість (nedoskonálistʹ) — state of being imperfect
• Asturian: imperfeición — something that makes something else less than perfect
• Bulgarian: дефект (defekt) — something that makes something else less than perfect
• Bulgarian: недостатък (nedostatǎk) — something that makes something else less than perfect
• Catalan: imperfecció — something that makes something else less than perfect
• Czech: nedokonalost — something that makes something else less than perfect
• Dutch: schoonheidsfout — something that makes something else less than perfect
• Esperanto: malperfektaĵo — something that makes something else less than perfect
• Finnish: puute — something that makes something else less than perfect
• Finnish: vika — something that makes something else less than perfect
• Galician: imperfección — something that makes something else less than perfect
• Greek: ατέλεια (atéleia) — something that makes something else less than perfect
• Greek: ψεγάδι (psegádi) — something that makes something else less than perfect
• Māori: takarepa — something that makes something else less than perfect
• Old English: unfulfremednes — something that makes something else less than perfect
• Polish: niedoskonałość — something that makes something else less than perfect
• Portuguese: imperfeição — something that makes something else less than perfect
• Romanian: imperfecțiune — something that makes something else less than perfect
• Turkish: kusur — something that makes something else less than perfect
• Turkish: eksiklik — something that makes something else less than perfect
• Turkish: defo — something that makes something else less than perfect
• Ukrainian: недоскона́лість (nedoskonálistʹ) — something that makes something else less than perfect