Legal Definition and Related Resources of Imperfect
Meaning 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.
Synonyms of Imperfect
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
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