perverse
Example Sentences
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“Disconnect from every algorithm / Every perverse incentive / That drags you down,” from the comparatively loose and casual title track, is another example.
Immigration rights advocates called this claim “perverse” and illogical.
From Los Angeles Times
“The most perverse scenario … is a further equities grind sideways to slightly down, but no crash/no shocks,” he said.
From MarketWatch
“It’s a somewhat perverse love of delayed gratification.”
Adam Smith understood that protectionism creates perverse incentives.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
