imperfectly

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Producer Jack Antonoff has described making Sabrina Carpenter's Please, Please, Please with physical instruments, played imperfectly, as a reaction to the clinical nature of modern pop.

From BBC • Dec. 29, 2025

The giver operates under uncertainty, time pressure and limited data, with incentives only imperfectly aligned with the recipient’s utility.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 23, 2025

It might acknowledge they were following the policy imperfectly, but it’ll say: Kristi Noem, the Secretary of Homeland Security, told agents to do this.

From Slate • Oct. 24, 2025

These principles, though imperfectly implemented, have proven invaluable to Americans.

From MarketWatch • Oct. 13, 2025

So the only light came from pinprick holes in the walls, and from a sketchy rectangle that outlined the imperfectly fitted door.

From "Slaughterhouse-Five" by Kurt Vonnegut