imperfect (
http://definr.com/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]