imperfect

adj 1: not perfect; defective or inadequate; "had only an imperfect

understanding of his responsibilities"; "imperfect

mortals"; "drainage here is imperfect" [ant: {perfect}]

2: having the attributes of man as opposed to e.g. divine

beings; "I'm only human"; "frail humanity" [syn: {fallible},

{frail}, {weak}]

n : a tense of verbs used in describing action that is on-going

[syn: {progressive}, {progressive tense}, {imperfect

tense}, {continuous tense}]