a tense of verbs used in describing a past action that is incomplete or continuous
something having a minor flaw
not perfect
belonging to a tense of verbs used in describing a past action that is incomplete or continuous
known or expected to be polyphyletic, as of a form taxon.
unisexual: having either male (with stamens) or female (with pistil) flowers, but not with both.
to make imperfect
A tense used in some languages (such as French and Italian) in narrative, and in spoken language primarily when reading narrative or in storytelling, for completed actions in the past or in speaking of the dead. It is semantically the same as the simple past in many languages, including English.