imperfect
						
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								/ɪmpə(ɹ)ˈfɛkt/<q:verb>
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								/ɪmˈpɜː(ɹ)fɛkt/
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									- (grammar) A tense of verbs used in describing a past action that is incomplete or continuous.
 
								
							 
						
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						imperfection
						
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								/ɪmpɚˈfɛkʃən/
								
							
						
					 
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									- (uncountable) Those qualities or features that are imperfect; the characteristic, state, or quality of being imperfect.
 
								
							 
						
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							imperfección
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						imperfective
						
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									- Of, relating to or having the properties of the imperfective aspect.
 
								
							 
						
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						imperfective
						
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									- The imperfective aspect; a verb having this aspect.
 
								
							 
						
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							imperfectivo
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