imperfectly

Example Sentences

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In Hecox, it may resolve the case on mootness grounds or reaffirm that intermediate scrutiny tolerates generalizations even when they imperfectly fit at the margins.

From Slate • Jan. 14, 2026

Producer Jack Antonoff has described making Sabrina Carpenter's Please, Please, Please with physical instruments, played imperfectly, as a reaction to the clinical nature of modern pop.

From BBC • Dec. 29, 2025

The giver operates under uncertainty, time pressure and limited data, with incentives only imperfectly aligned with the recipient’s utility.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 23, 2025

Responding imperfectly in a moment of great stress doesn’t mean that this is a story designed to show how women fail each other, or how women are pitted against each other, or to regress feminism.

From Salon • Oct. 17, 2025

When he spoke his mouth worked imperfectly, and when he smiled.

From "The Road" by Cormac McCarthy