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Flawed, being tense (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

imperfect

This clue is a double definition.

'flawed' is the first definition.
(similar in meaning)

'being tense' is the second definition.
(the imperfect tense is a grammatical tense)

(Other definitions for imperfect that I've seen before include "seconds" , "Deficient" , "being immature" , "Faulty; tense" , "Flawed, defective" .)

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