Vocabulary
Perverse
English and Urdu gloss, synonyms and antonyms, and example usage from our editorial sentence cache where available.
English meaning
showing a deliberate and obstinate desire to behave in a way that is unreasonable or unacceptable.
Urdu meaning
مخالفانہ، گمراہ
Example sentences (from Dawn)
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Why should existing domestic consumer contracts be revised on welfare concerns, but others are left untouched, even when they`re more squarely responsible for the perverse price of electricity that the masses have to pay?
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Land of the unclear
— 2026-02-16
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This set up perverse incentives for domestic reform.
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Misplaced priorities
— 2025-11-17
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Perhaps most concerning is that this recurring practice has created perverse incentives.
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Underspending climate funds
— 2025-04-24
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The result is a perverse market where non-competitive industries thrive under artificial protection, suppressing efficiency and innovation.
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Not banks alone
— 2025-03-25
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Making tax collection the lynchpin of programme conditionality, compounded by the `need for speed` built into a three-year programme, has generated perverse incentives for FBR.
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Predatory taxation
— 2025-03-20
Synonyms
awkward, contrary, difficult, unreasonable, uncooperative, unhelpful, obstructive
Antonyms
accommodating, cooperative
Curator example
“Kate’s perverse decision not to cooperate held good”
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