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imperf

imperf is the abbreviation of imperfect.

imperf is the clipping of imperforate.

Meaning of imperfect

Adjective

imperfect (comparative more imperfect, superlative most imperfect)

  1. Not perfect.
    • Why, then, your other senses grow imperfect.c. 1603–1606, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of King Lear”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount...
  2. Unisexual: having either male (with stamens) or female (with pistil) flowers, but not with both.
    Antonyms:
    perfect
  3. Known or expected to be polyphyletic, as of a form taxon.
  4. Representing a continuing or repeated action.
  5. (obsolete) Lacking some elementary organ that is essential to successful or normal activity.
    • When the prophet Joel was describing the formidable accidents in the day of the Lord's judgment, and the fearful sentence of an angry Judge, he was not able to express it, but stammered like a child, or an amazed, imperfect person.1653, “Twenty-five Sermons Preached at Golden Grove; Being for the Winter Half-year, […]: Sermon III. [Doomsday Book; or, Christ’s Advent to Judgment.] Part III.”, in Reginald Heber, editor, The...

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Meaning of imperforate

Adjective

imperforate (not comparable)

  1. Not perforated.
    1. Synonym of atretic.
      • imperforate anus

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Noun

imperf (plural imperfs)

  1. An imperforated stamp.

Forms of imperf

pluralimperfs

Questions about imperf

What does imperf mean?
Imperf means an imperforated stamp.
What is imperf the abbreviation of?
Imperf is the abbreviation of imperfect.
What part of speech is imperf?
Imperf is a noun.
What is the plural of imperf?
The plural of imperf is imperfs.

Words near imperf in the dictionary

  1. impercipient
  2. impercipiently
  3. imperdible
  4. imperence
  5. imperences
  6. imperf
  7. imperf.
  8. imperfect
  9. imperfect authentic cadence
  10. imperfect fungi
  11. imperfect indicative

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Adapted from Wiktionary: imperf (page history and authors); imperfect (page history and authors); imperforate (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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