Legal Definition and Related Resources of Imperfect

Not complete ; lacking in some essential; defective; not enforceable in law. An obligation is said to be an imperfect obligation when it is in the nature of a moral or charitable or similar obligation which cannot be enforced by law. Edward v Kearzey, 96 U.S. 595,24 L.Ed. 793.

adjective

• abortive
• average
• bad
• below par
• blemished
• broken
• corrupt
• crippled
• crude
• damaged
• decrepit
• defective
• deficient
• deteriorated
• disfigured
• failing
• fair
• faulty
• feeble
• flawed
• fragmentary
• frail
• garbled
• harmed
• hurt
• impaired
• imperfedus
• inadequate
• incomplete
• indifferent
• inelegant
• inexact
• inferior
• infirm
• injured
• insufficient
• lacking
• lame
• limited
• marred
• mediocre
• middling
• moderate
• mutilated
• ordinary
• out of order
• partial
• passable
• peccable
• poor
• raw
• rickety
• rough
• ruined
• scanty
• short
• tainted
• tolerable
• uncompleted
• uncultured
• undeveloped
• unfinished
• unpolished
• unsatisfactory
• unsound
• unsuitable
• wanting
• warped
• weak
• Associated Concepts: imperfect description
• imperfect performance
• imperfect title

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See Also

• Duty
• Perfect