| Main Entry: | imperfection |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | flaw |
Synonyms: |
blemish, bug*, catch, defect, deficiency, deformity, demerit, disfigurement, failing, fallibility, fault, foible, frailty, glitch*, gremlin, inadequacy, incompleteness, infirmity, insufficiency, peccadillo, problem, shortcoming, sin, stain, taint, weak point, weakness |
Antonyms: |
excellence, flawlessness, perfection, purity |
| Concept: | Imperfection. |
| Category: | 2. Subservience to ends; degree of subservience |
Synonyms: |
-nouns
imperfection; imperfectness; deficiency; inadequacy (insufficiency); peccancy (badness); immaturity., fault, defect, weak point; screw loose; flaw (break); gap; twist; taint, attainder; bar sinister, hole in one's coat; blemish; weakness; half blood; shortcoming; drawback; seamy side., mediocrity; no great shakes, no great catch; not much to boast of; one-borse shay.
-verbs
be imperfect; have a defect; lie under a disadvantage; spring a leak., not pass muster, barely pass muster; fall short.
-adjectives
imperfect; not perfect; deficient, defective; faulty, unsound, tainted; out of order, out of tune; cracked, leaky; sprung; warped (distort); lame; injured (deteriorated); peccant (bad); frail (weak); inadequate (insufficient); crude (unprepared); incomplete; found wanting; below par; short-handed; below its full strength, under its full strength, below its full complement., indifferent, middling, ordinary, mediocre; average; 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.].
-adverbs
almost; to a limited extent, rather [more]; pretty, moderately, passing; only, considering, all things considered, enough.
-phrases
surgit amari aliquid.
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Antonyms: |
perfection |
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| Main Entry: | blemish |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | flaw |
Synonyms: |
beauty spot, birthmark, blackhead, blister, bloom*, blot, blot on the landscape, blotch, blur, brand, bruise, bug*, catch, chip, cicatrix, defacement, defect, deformity, dent, discoloration, disfigurement, disgrace, dishonor, eyesore, fault, freckle, hickey, imperfection, impurity, lentigo, lump, macula, maculation, mark, mole, nevus, nodule, patch, pimple, pock, pockmark, scar, second, sight, smudge, snag, speck, speckle, spot, stain, stigma, taint, tarnish, vice, wart, whitehead, zit |
Antonyms: |
adornment, decoration, embellishment, ornament |
| Main Entry: | default |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | failure; want |
Synonyms: |
absence, blemish, blunder, dearth, defect, deficiency, delinquency, dereliction, disregard, error, fault, imperfection, inadequacy, insufficiency, lack, lapse, miss, neglect, nonpayment, offense, omission, overlooking, oversight, privation, shortcoming, slight, transgression, vice, weakness, wrongdoing |
Antonyms: |
advantage, payment, perfection, satisfaction, success |
| Main Entry: | disadvantage(s) |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | difficulty, trouble |
Synonyms: |
adverse circumstance, bar, blocking, burden, defect, deficiency, deprivation, detriment, disability, discommodity, drawback, failing, fault, flaw, fly in the ointment, hamper, handicap, hardship, hindrance, impediment, imperfection, imposition, inadequacy, inconvenience, inutility, lack, liability, limitation, minus, nuisance, objection, obstacle, privation, problem, restraint, snag, stumbling block, weak point, weakness |
Antonyms: |
advantage, good fortune |
| Main Entry: | drawback |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | disadvantage |
Synonyms: |
check, defect, deficiency, detriment, difficulty, disability, evil, failing, fault, flaw, fly in the ointment, handicap, hindrance, hitch, ill, impediment, imperfection, inconvenience, lack, nuisance, obstacle, shortcoming, snag, stumbling block, trouble, weakness |
Antonyms: |
advantage, benefit, boon, extra, perfection |
| Main Entry: | failing |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | lapse, shortcoming |
Synonyms: |
blind spot, defect, deficiency, drawback, error, failure, fault, flaw, foible, frailty, imperfection, infirmity, miscarriage, misfortune, vice, weak point, weakness |
| Notes: | a failing is a flaw or weak point or a failure to reach a minimum required performance; a foible a minor weakness or failing of character |
Antonyms: |
advantage, strength, strong point |
| Main Entry: | fault |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | physical defect |
Synonyms: |
blemish, debility, deficiency, demerit, imperfection, infirmity, lack, pimple, shortcoming, weak point, weakness, zit |
Antonyms: |
perfection, soundness, strength |
| Main Entry: | frailty |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | weakness, flaw |
Synonyms: |
Achilles heel, blemish, daintiness, debility, decrepitude, defect, deficiency, delicacy, error, failing, fallibility, fault, feebleness, flimsiness, foible, foil, imperfection, infirmity, peccability, peccadillo, shortcoming, solecism, suscept, weak point |
Antonyms: |
firmness, strength |
| Main Entry: | inadequacy |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | shortage, defect, inability |
Synonyms: |
blemish, dearth, defalcation, defectiveness, deficiency, deficit, drawback, failing, faultiness, flaw, imperfection, inadequateness, inaptness, incapacity, incompetence, incompetency, incompleteness, ineffectiveness, ineffectualness, inefficacy, inefficiency, ineptitude, insufficiency, lack, meagerness, paucity, poverty, scantiness, shortcoming, skimpiness, underage, unfitness, unsuitableness, weakness |
Antonyms: |
ability, adequacy, enough, plenty, sufficiency |