unperfect
/ʌnˈpɜɹfɪkt/adjective, verb
unperfect is an adjective meaning “imperfect” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled U-N-P-E-R-F-E-C-T, and it appears about once in every 89 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).
What does unperfect mean?
adjective
- 1
imperfect
verb
- 1
To mar or destroy the perfection of.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce unperfect?
- UK /ʌnˈpɜːfɪkt/
- UK /ʌnˈpɜːfɛkt/
- US /ʌnˈpɜɹfɪkt/
As a verb (“To mar or destroy the perfection of”): /ʌnpəˈfɛkt/, /ʌnpəɹˈfɛkt/.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-unperfect.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of unperfect
- more unperfect comparative
- most unperfect superlative
- unperfects present, singular, he/she/it
- unperfecting participle, present
- unperfected participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is unperfect?
Unperfect appears about once in every 89 million words in written English, the 301,415th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Where does unperfect come from?
From un- + perfect.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).