misbegotten

Examples

• All

• Libya's misbegotten nuclear weapons project reflects this general pattern.

  Academic text (2012)

• Part of me hoped that seeing Adam would make him decide to pull the plug on the whole misbegotten project.

  Fiction book (2002)

• And the truth is that significance testing is just misbegotten idea.

• And all the while, Dusty was trying to put together his misbegotten scheme.

  Fiction book (1998)

• Indeed, I have seen at least five instances of deniers referencing this post in defense of their misbegotten beliefs.

  Blog text (29)

• Nothing was going on through the city, which was why he was here at this misbegotten truck stop at this accursed hour in this unholy rain.

  Fiction book (1996)

• Here they were, just another pair among the number she had seen in the procession of all the broken, ill-formed, misbegotten things headed out of the world and onto the road, moving from town to town, never calling any place their own.

  Fiction book (1998)

• When reality catches up to Arizonans for their passage of their misbegotten police-state immigration law, it's going to be ugly and unpleasant.

  Blog text (25)

• The new policy was seen as a misbegotten attempt to solve the economic crisis without proper planning.

• His misbegotten plan to run a marathon without training led to a painful experience.

Synonyms

F

foolish

vsmisbegotten

505 1.3

Not showing good sense and making unwise choices

carries extra meaning of being badly planned or conceived, not just silly

M

misguided

vsmisbegotten

129 4.6

Shows wrong ideas or bad judgment

is more about being badly created or planned in a foolish way

I

ill-advised

vsmisbegotten

21 5.4

Not a good idea and likely to cause problems

adds a sense of wrong or foolish origin beyond missing guidance

H

haphazard

vsmisbegotten

16 7.2

No clear order or plan and often messy

is more judgmental, calling the creation wrong or foolish rather than merely messy

H

harebrained

vsmisbegotten

• Informal

10 8.5

An idea or plan that is very foolish and not well thought out

is similar but stresses being wrong or badly made rather than just reckless silliness

I

ill-conceived

vsmisbegotten

9 6.1

Poorly planned and likely to fail

is seen as not only poorly planned but also wrong or foolish in nature

I

imprudent

vsmisbegotten

9 7.6

Acting without care or good sense

implies explicit wrong or foolish creation beyond general unwisdom

I

ill-considered

vsmisbegotten

4 6.8

Not carefully planned or thought about before doing it

is worse, implying wrong or foolish creation rather than mere lack of thought

U

unadvised

vsmisbegotten

1 7.5

Acting without asking others and without thinking carefully

adds that the result is wrongly or foolishly planned rather than only lacking guidance

I

ill-judged

vsmisbegotten

1 6.3

An action or decision made without careful thought that causes problems

applies more broadly to things made wrongly or foolishly rather than single acts

U

uncalculated

vsmisbegotten

1 5.6

Not planned or thought about before doing something

is more negative, implying the thing was wrongly and foolishly created

U

unforethoughtful

vsmisbegotten

9.9

Not planning ahead or thinking about the future

focuses more on wrong or foolish conception rather than only missing foresight

Antonyms

W

well thought out

21 3.5

Carefully planned to work well

W

well-made

17 3.6

Built carefully so it is strong and lasts

How Flawed

botched

2 5.9

misbegotten

3 8.5

ill-conceived

9 6.1

ill-advised

21 5.4

misguided

129 4.6

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology