imperfection

Roget-categorie 651

5. Words relating to the voluntary powers
› 5.2. Prospective volition
›› 5.2.2. Subservience to ends

#651. Imperfection

zelfstandig naamwoord

imperfection — imperfectness etc. adj. — deficiency — inadequacy etc. (insufficiency) 640 — peccancy etc. (badness) 649^† — immaturity etc. 674.
fault, defect, weak point — screw loose — flaw etc. (break) 70 — gap etc. 198 — twist etc. 243 — taint, attainder — bar sinister, hole in one's coat — blemish etc. 848 — weakness etc. 160 — half blood — shortcoming etc. 304 — drawback — seamy side.
mediocrity — no great shakes, no great catch — not much to boast of — one-horse shay.

werkwoord

be imperfect etc. adj. — have a defect etc. n. — lie under a disadvantage — spring a leak.
not pass muster, barely pass muster — fall short etc. 304.

bijvoeglijk naamwoord

imperfect — not perfect etc. 650 — deficient, defective — faulty, unsound, tainted — out of order, out of tune — cracked, leaky — sprung — warped etc. (distort) 243 — lame — injured etc. (deteriorated) 659 — peccant etc. (bad) 649 — frail etc. (weak) 160 — inadequate etc. (insufficient) 640 — crude etc. (unprepared) 674 — incomplete etc. 53 — found wanting — below par — short-handed — below its full strength, under its full strength, below its full complement.
indifferent, middling, ordinary, mediocre — average etc. 29 — so-so — coucicouci, milk and water — tolerable, fair, passable — pretty well, pretty good — rather good, moderately good — good — good enough, well enough, adequate — decent — not bad, not amiss — inobjectionable^†, unobjectionable, admissible, bearable, only better than nothing.
secondary, inferior — second-rate, second-best — one-horse [U.S.].

bijwoord

almost &c. — to a limited extent, rather etc. 32 — pretty, moderately, passing — only, considering, all things considered, enough.

uitdrukking

surgit amari aliquid [Lat.].

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