Noah Webster's New International Dictionary of the English Language 1. (a.) Not perfect; not complete in all its parts; wanting a part; defective; deficient. 2. (a.) Wanting in some elementary organ that is essential to successful or normal activity. 3. (a.) Not fulfilling its design; not realizing an ideal; not conformed to a standard or rule; not satisfying the taste or conscience; esthetically or morally defective. 4. (n.) The imperfect tense; or the form of a verb denoting the imperfect tense. 5. (v. t.) To make imperfect.
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