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perfettibile

perfectible

adjective per-feht-TEE-bee-leh Rare

Also means

improvable

Usage Note

Perfettibile describes something capable of being improved or brought closer to perfection — the opposite of perfetto ('already perfect'). It is a formal or philosophical register word. Same form for both genders; plural: perfettibili. Often heard in contexts like l'uomo è perfettibile ('humanity is capable of improvement').

Examples

"Il progetto è buono ma perfettibile."

Natural Translation

The project is good but improvable.

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