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| imperfect | |
| 1. adj. not perfect |  |
| 2. adj. (botany) unisexual: having either male (with stamens) or female (with pistil) flowers, but not with both. | |
| 3. adj. (taxonomy) known or expected to be polyphyletic, as of a form taxon. | |
| 4. adj. (obsolete) lacking some elementary organ that is essential to successful or normal activity. | |
| 5. adj. (grammar) belonging to a tense of verbs used in describing a past action that is incomplete or continuous | |
| 6. n. something having a minor flaw | |
| 7. n. (grammar) a tense of verbs used in describing a past action that is incomplete or continuous | |
| 8. v. to make imperfect | |
