imperfection
/ɪmpɚˈfɛkʃən/ noun C1- Those qualities or features that are imperfect; the characteristic, state, or quality of being imperfect. · You can accept your imperfection or try to improve.
- Something that makes something else less than perfect; a blemish, impurity, error, etc. · He loves me despite my imperfections.
Plural imperfections
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Stronger grew the wonder of Dantès, who almost fancied he had to do with one gifted with supernatural powers; still hoping to find some imperfection which might bring him down to a level with human beings, he added, “Then if you were not furnished with pens, how did you manage to write the work you speak of?”
The power of doing anything with quickness is always much prized by the possessor, and often without any attention to the imperfection of the performance.
These charming physical imperfections eventually transform a mass-produced document into a deeply personal journal of our past travels and explorations.
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