IMPERFECTLY Synonyms: 47 Similar and Opposite Words

imperfectly

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as in improperly

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Recent Examples of imperfectly The department exists to preserve some semblance of equal justice in the United States — imperfectly, haltingly, often overbearingly for some and cautiously for others — and help ensure that the nation is governed by the rule of law. — New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 20 Aug. 2026 Rather than suffering because leaders acted imperfectly, organizations often suffer because leaders waited too long to act at all. — Irma Becerra, Forbes.com, 6 Aug. 2026 Stories of first times, of big feelings imperfectly grasped, of life coming into focus for better or worse. — Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times, 5 Aug. 2026 America’s next 250 years America has rebuilt trust before, imperfectly and through struggle. — Keith Krach, Fortune, 1 Aug. 2026 But the legal system’s binary standard—sane and guilty, or insane and not—fits imperfectly with human intuitions about culpability in tragedies like the Clancys’. — Eren Orbey, New Yorker, 30 July 2026 Let a few tendrils fall to frame your face for an imperfectly perfect look like Salma Hayek's style. — Emily Kelleher, InStyle, 24 June 2026 The sport that does more to restrain imbalance, however imperfectly, keeps tightening its grip on the national imagination. — Eddie Brown, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 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

Recent Examples of Synonyms for imperfectly

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Even the compression through Turn 6’s apex, which always reveals improperly tuned suspension for motorbikes and race cars alike, can’t upset the Rimini.

— Michael Van Runkle, Robb Report, 21 Sep. 2026
The South Carolina Supreme Court later overturned the convictions after finding that former Colleton County Clerk of Court Becky Hill improperly influenced the jury.

— Adam Sabes, FOXNews.com, 21 Sep. 2026

Definition of improperly

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The case went before Carter, who also oversees a six-year-old case in which the city and county are accused of inadequately addressing homelessness.

— David Zahniser, Los Angeles Times, 10 Sep. 2026
Beatty has challenged the board’s plan to close the Kennedy Center for two years, arguing its initial decision was rushed and inadequately considered.

— Claire Carter, The Washington Examiner, 5 Sep. 2026

Definition of inadequately

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But about 1 in 20 patients progress to severe dengue, a life-threatening turn that tends to strike just as the fever breaks – often around days three to seven, when patients and their families may wrongly assume the worst is over.

— Andrés Henao, CNN Money, 21 Sep. 2026
The patients don't even realize their insurer is being billed wrongly for those services.

— Marissa Sulek, CBS News, 18 Sep. 2026

Definition of wrongly

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The officer was responding to a mental health crisis call, involving what was erroneously reported as fireworks but turned out to be gunfire, authorities said.

— Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 4 Sep. 2026
The certification for this device was granted erroneously and has been set aside by the FCC and removed from our public database.

— Jim Fisher, PC Magazine, 22 Aug. 2026

Definition of erroneously

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In 2011, Kobach was fined $5,000 by the Kansas Governmental Ethics Commission — KPDC’s precursor — for inaccurately reporting more than $75,000 in contributions and expenditures during the 2010 election.

— Cuyler Dunn, Kansas City Star, 18 Sep. 2026
Many lawyers have been caught citing fake cases in briefs or inaccurately describing real cases.

— Jon Brodkin, ArsTechnica, 11 Sep. 2026

Definition of inaccurately

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However, an appellate court panel of judges ruled that the judge and the Manhattan District Attorney's Office inappropriately cited a penal law to seize the drawing.

— CBS Chicago Team, CBS News, 20 Sep. 2026
Rush was accused of behaving inappropriately toward actress Eryn Jean Norvill in a series of 2017 articles in The Daily Telegraph.

— Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 13 Sep. 2026

Definition of inappropriately

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