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"feminine"
],
"word": "imperfección"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "atéleia",
"sense": "something that makes something else less than perfect",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ατέλεια"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "psegádi",
"sense": "something that makes something else less than perfect",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "ψεγάδι"
},
{
"code": "ang",
"lang": "Old English",
"sense": "something that makes something else less than perfect",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "unfulfremednes"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "something that makes something else less than perfect",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "niedoskonałość"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "something that makes something else less than perfect",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "imperfeição"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "something that makes something else less than perfect",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "imperfecțiune"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "something that makes something else less than perfect",
"word": "kusur"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "something that makes something else less than perfect",
"word": "eksiklik"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "something that makes something else less than perfect",
"word": "defo"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "nedoskonálistʹ",
"sense": "something that makes something else less than perfect",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "недоскона́лість"
}
],
"word": "imperfection"
}
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