imperfect

imperfect
1. adjective
1) (not fully formed) unfertig; (incomplete) unvollständig

slightly imperfect stockings/pottery — etc. Strümpfe/Keramik usw. mit kleinen Fehlern

2) (faulty) mangelhaft
2. noun
(Ling.) Imperfekt, das
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[im'pə:fikt]
adjective
1) (having a fault: This coat is being sold at half-price because it is imperfect.) unvollkommen
2) ((also noun) (a verb) of the tense expressing an action or state in the past which is not completed: The verb `go' in `I was going' is in the imperfect tense.) unvollendet
- academic.ru/88075/imperfectly">imperfectly
- imperfection
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im·per·fect
[ɪmˈpɜ:fɪkt, AM -ˈpɜ:r-]
I. adj (flawed) fehlerhaft; (incomplete) unvollkommen; (not sufficient) unzureichend
though my understanding of the situation was \imperfect, ... trotz meines mangelnden Verständnisses der Lage ...
an \imperfect world eine unvollkommene Welt
II. n no pl LING
the \imperfect das Imperfekt, die einfache Vergangenheit
to be in the \imperfect im Imperfekt stehen
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[Im'pɜːfɪkt]
1. adj
1) (= faulty) unvollkommen, mangelhaft; (COMM) goods fehlerhaft
2) (= incomplete) unvollständig, unvollkommen
3) (GRAM) Imperfekt-, Vergangenheits-

imperfect form — Imperfekt- or Vergangenheitsform f

2. n (GRAM)
Imperfekt nt, Vergangenheit f
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imperfect [ımˈpɜːfıkt; US -ˈpɜr-]
A adj (adv imperfectly)
1. unvollkommen (auch MUS):
a) unvollständig (auch BOT), unvollendet
b) mangel-, fehlerhaft, schwach:
imperfect cadence plagale Kadenz;
imperfect number MATH unvollkommene Zahl;
imperfect title JUR fehlerhafter Eigentumstitel
2. LING Imperfekt…:
imperfect tense B
3. JUR nicht einklagbar
B s LING Imperfekt n, unvollendete Vergangenheit
imp. abk
1. imperative
2. imperfect
3. impersonal
4. import (importation)
5. important
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1. adjective
1) (not fully formed) unfertig; (incomplete) unvollständig

slightly imperfect stockings/pottery — etc. Strümpfe/Keramik usw. mit kleinen Fehlern

2) (faulty) mangelhaft
2. noun
(Ling.) Imperfekt, das
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adj.
unvollständig adj. n.
Imperfekt n.

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