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
Caring for him is so exhausting that she often retreats to “the comforting quiet” of the cell—which, in a perverse way, affords her a kind of homecoming to the country she left behind.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 5, 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
“I’ve just finished a fellowship,” she said, knowing that Aisha would not understand what a fellowship was, and in the rare moment that Aisha looked intimidated, Ifemelu felt a perverse pleasure.
From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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