make the perfect the enemy of the good

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make the perfect the enemy of the good

verb makes the perfect the enemy of the good · making the perfect the enemy of the good · made the perfect the enemy of the good

  1. intransitive To reject or bar improvement because it is incomplete.

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Русскийот добра́ добра́ не и́щут ot dobrá dobrá ne íščut

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"make the perfect the enemy of the good." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/make%20the%20perfect%20the%20enemy%20of%20the%20good. Accessed 8 Nov. 2026.

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@misc{make_the_perfect_the_enemy_of_the_good_2026,
  title = {make the perfect the enemy of the good},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/make%20the%20perfect%20the%20enemy%20of%20the%20good},
  urldate = {2026-11-08}
}