ill-conceived

[il-kuhn-seevd]

adjective

1. badly conceived or planned.

   an ill-conceived project.

Example Sentences

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.

From Los Angeles Times

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

From Los Angeles Times

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.

From Los Angeles Times

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.

From BBC

She had escaped an abusive marriage to musician Ike Turner at the end of the 1970s, but the divorce left her penniless, living off food stamps and playing ill-conceived cabaret shows to pay her debts.

From BBC

Related Words

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• foolish 
• goofy 
• insane 
• irresponsible 
• ludicrous 
• odd 
• outrageous 
• preposterous 
• ridiculous 
• silly 
• strange 
• weird