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Recent Examples of imperfectly
The power of the human voice, even transcribed imperfectly onto magnetic tape and played over a tinny speaker, was life-changing.
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Adam Verner
september 3, Literary Hub, 3 Sep. 2025
Adam Verner
september 3, Literary Hub, 3 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for imperfectly
Adverb
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In numerous offices, devices remain unencrypted, backup systems are improperly configured and software updates are postponed due to operational interruptions.—
Tarun Eldho Alias,
Forbes.com,
2 Sep. 2025
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The car company run by Elon Musk asked a federal court Friday to dismiss massive damages awarded to victims of a deadly crash, arguing that their lawyers had misled the jury by improperly bringing up the billionaire during the trial.—
Preston Fore,
Fortune,
30 Aug. 2025
Adverb
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Inspectors saw an employee inadequately reheating veggie meat.—
Sacbee.com,
Sacbee.com,
29 Aug. 2025
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If soils have been dry or inadequately irrigated, consider harvesting nearly ripe fruit before rainstorm events to avoid cracking.—
Kim Toscano,
Southern Living,
18 Aug. 2025
Adverb
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The manner by which the suspect in Hume’s stabbing made it to her home was also described incorrectly.—
Jose R. Gonzalez,
AZCentral.com,
6 Sep. 2025
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Others incorrectly stated that the killers had executed their plan to perfection.—
Charlie Warzel,
The Atlantic,
4 Sep. 2025
Adverb
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In the tradition of so many of the great anti-authority films, Nicholson’s McMurphy is a man who has been wrongly institutionalized in a mental-health facility.—
Christina Newland,
Vulture,
5 Sep. 2025
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The Salvadoran national, a sheetmetal worker, had been held in custody for months after the administration wrongly deported him to a megaprison in El Salvador.—
Evan Mealins,
The Tennessean,
30 Aug. 2025
Adverb
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While the Abrego case has received a lot of attention, there have been others who have allegedly been deported erroneously, Sandoval-Moshenberg said.—
Marlene Lenthang,
NBC news,
25 Aug. 2025
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Bryan was erroneously released when he was confused with another inmate with the same last name during the jail's overnight release process and his identity was not properly verified, according to the sheriff's office.—
Meredith Deliso,
ABC News,
20 Aug. 2025
Adverb
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Almost instantaneously, headlines inaccurately stating that Europe had banned all gel manicures popped up, quickly followed by fact-free fearmongering on social media.—
Marci Robin,
Allure,
3 Sep. 2025
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Misclassifying an apprentice on the Paseo West-area Jazz Hill Homes project and inaccurately certifying payroll documents.—
Chris Higgins,
Kansas City Star,
8 Aug. 2025
Adverb
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The third victim, Nayci said, was in the pool when Ramos-Aviles first touched her inappropriately.—
Grethel Aguila,
Miami Herald,
3 Sep. 2025
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Garzon did not listen as the woman again told him to stop, pulled her pants down and touched her inappropriately, prosecutors said.—
Daniella Segura,
Sacbee.com,
27 Aug. 2025
Adverb
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Strained by industrial and agricultural demand and mismanagement, and insufficiently replenished by rainfall and snow melt, three-quarters of the world's population now live in areas where the water is drying up beneath our feet.—
Kelly Parsons,
MSNBC Newsweek,
29 Aug. 2025
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But the city at first only confirmed that the building owner had complied with the ordinance in an insufficiently official email, Meister said.—
Jake Sheridan,
Chicago Tribune,
24 Aug. 2025
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“Imperfectly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/imperfectly. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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