making the perfect the enemy of the good

A form of make the perfect the enemy of the good — To reject or bar improvement because it is incomplete.

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Meanings

verb
  1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of make the perfect the enemy of the good
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APA

making the perfect the enemy of the good. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/making%20the%20perfect%20the%20enemy%20of%20the%20good

MLA

“making the perfect the enemy of the good.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/making%20the%20perfect%20the%20enemy%20of%20the%20good. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “making the perfect the enemy of the good,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/making%20the%20perfect%20the%20enemy%20of%20the%20good.

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