IMPERFECTLY Synonyms: 47 Similar and Opposite Words

imperfectly

adverb

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

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But advocates of more protective parenting argue free-range parenting increases the risk children encounter danger and, in some cases, can result in neglect when children are improperly supervised.

— Rachel Hale, USA Today, 9 Sep. 2026
OpenAI accused DeepSeek of using data improperly, Google claimed attackers tried to clone Gemini, and Anthropic suggested that Alibaba should be criminally punished for allegedly launching the largest-ever cloning attack on Claude.

— Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 9 Sep. 2026

Definition of improperly

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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
In the last decade and a half, a carrousel of feuding political factions took turns governing, all inadequately.

— Ishaan Tharoor, New Yorker, 29 Aug. 2026

Definition of inadequately

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Similarly, the panel deemed Nottingham Forest were incorrectly awarded a penalty in their 2-2 draw with Liverpool for an Alisson challenge on Neco Williams.

— Dan Kilpatrick, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2026
Their teachers would suggest that all negative experiences are inherently growth opportunities, or that perhaps the person was meditating incorrectly.

— Olga Khazan, The Atlantic, 4 Sep. 2026

Definition of incorrectly

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Starting next year, Illinois will have new safeguards in place to prevent parents from being wrongly accused of child abuse or neglect when their children visit a doctor or hospital emergency room for unexplained injuries or ailments.

— Jeremy Gorner, Chicago Tribune, 8 Sep. 2026
But the hostility toward Jews was evident during the Dreyfus affair, which saw Alfred Dreyfus, a Jewish captain in the French army, wrongly convicted of treason in 1894.

— Barbara Spindel, Christian Science Monitor, 2 Sep. 2026

Definition of wrongly

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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
The Internal Revenue Service decided many nonprofit NIL collectives were erroneously given charitable status.

— James Pollard, Fortune, 21 Aug. 2026

Definition of erroneously

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The lobster fishing industry, based mostly in Maine, has pushed back, saying the claim inaccurately portrays it as a threat to whales and constitutes defamation that has caused economic harm.

— ABC News, ABC News, 5 Aug. 2026
This discrepancy means standard evaluations may inaccurately portray an AI's safety and efficacy.

— Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 26 July 2026

Definition of inaccurately

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The complaint says church officials knew Marroquin was communicating inappropriately with underage girls.

— Brian Maass, CBS News, 8 Sep. 2026
Officials from both governments have traded barbs in recent weeks over whether China has been inappropriately stealing AI trade secrets.

— Kevin Collier, NBC news, 8 Sep. 2026

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