perverse

Example Sentences

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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

They expect us to “consider the source of their ideas, or the cultural influences upon them, which are often malign and give them perverse incentives to acquire the ‘mind-forg’d manacles’ with which they live.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 6, 2026

“I’m not managing anyone else’s money. I don’t have any perverse financial incentives, unlike most board of directors, professional money managers, or management teams. However I do is tied to performance.”

From Barron's • Jan. 26, 2026

Mr. Wickham’s society was of material service in dispelling the gloom which the late perverse occurrences had thrown on many of the Longbourn family.

From "Pride and Prejudice" by Jane Austen