IMPERFECTLY Synonyms: 47 Similar and Opposite Words

imperfectly

adverb

Definition of imperfectly next

as in improperly

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Recent Examples of imperfectly Ideally everything will reach the market quickly, if imperfectly, rather than Anduril waiting another decade and spending billions to reach 100% perfection. —

Allie Garfinkle, Fortune, 6 May 2026 But the trajectory seems to be that science is learning, cautiously and imperfectly, to author life. —

André O. Hudson, The Conversation, 30 Apr. 2026 The marathon showed that robots can run—imperfectly, but convincingly enough. —

Ni Tao, Interesting Engineering, 20 Apr. 2026 They can be done imperfectly without being done disastrously. —

Leslie John, Time, 27 Feb. 2026 Yet, like Bessette’s relationship with the Kennedy family scion, her eternity band is shrouded in mystery—imperfectly recorded through rumors, second-hand accounts, and myths invented by the press and populace. —

Bailey Bujnosek, InStyle, 17 Feb. 2026 While Julia-Roberts-as-Liz-Gilbert’s story ended, Liz-Gilbert-as-Liz-Gilbert is still moving ahead, honestly and imperfectly. —

Lilit Marcus, CNN Money, 16 Feb. 2026 Inspired by the designs of the Belgian interior designer and art dealer Axel Vervoordt, its wabi-sabi interiors are an imperfectly perfect melange of cool-toned walls and warm natural materials. —

Lisa Grainger, Condé Nast Traveler, 10 Feb. 2026 That lineage reaches back to the Taíno people of Borikén, whose social organization, relationship to land, communal life, and expressive culture were documented, however imperfectly and through colonial lenses, by figures such as Christopher Columbus and Bartolomé de las Casas. —

Dr. Carlos A Torre, Hartford Courant, 7 Feb. 2026

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The lawsuit comes after the state's Supreme Court ruled last week that Hill’s actions triggered the legal presumption that the jury had been improperly influenced and that prosecutors failed to prove the verdict was unaffected.

— Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, FOXNews.com, 18 May 2026
After an eight-year court battle, a Spanish court has ordered the country’s treasury to refund nearly $65 million to singer Shakira after ruling that the money was improperly collected.

— Jem Aswad, Variety, 18 May 2026