imperfectly

Example Sentences

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Purchase imperfect secondhand garden furniture where you can sit and drink tea and read an imperfectly wonderful book by your favorite author.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 17, 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

That requirement, even when imperfectly applied, reflects a recognition that the home is not merely private.

From Slate • Jul. 3, 2025

The nature of parties has been imperfectly studied.

From "Cannery Row" by John Steinbeck