ill-conceived

[il-kuhn-seevd]

adjective

1. badly conceived or planned.

   an ill-conceived project.

Example Sentences

Under its agreement with Inyo County, DWP has dozens of ongoing environmental restoration projects, in some cases pumping groundwater to recreate wetlands — an approach that Williams and others say is ill-conceived.

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His record speaks for itself: no postseason wins in more than a decade, a revolving door of managers and GMs, and enough ill-conceived signings to keep sports talk radio in business for years.

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What pleasures there are to be obtained from this ill-conceived “Hamlet” are fleeting.

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But the anger many Lebanese feel toward Hezbollah for dragging the country into an ill-conceived war will make outreach an uphill battle, said Michael Young, senior editor at the Carnegie Middle East Center in Beirut.

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One trusts FIA president Mohammed Ben Sulayem, whose crusade against bad language is regarded as ill-conceived and poorly handled by most in F1, will decide not to pursue it on this occasion.

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