perverse
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Markets tied to elections, violent events or outcomes that participants can directly influence create perverse incentives that outweigh any informational benefit.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 5, 2026
Ideally, insurers would be doing this on my behalf, but they have a perverse incentive.
From Slate • Apr. 25, 2026
It said the low level of the standard benefit "creates a logical – but perverse - incentive for people to claim the health element too".
From BBC • Mar. 30, 2026
“The most perverse scenario … is a further equities grind sideways to slightly down, but no crash/no shocks,” he said.
From MarketWatch • Mar. 9, 2026
His voice sounded sympathetic, kind, in spite of some perverse attempt to make it sound matter-of-fact.
From "Franny and Zooey" by J. D. Salinger
Vocabulary lists containing perverse
Romeo and Juliet
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The Balcony Scene from "Romeo and Juliet"
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