misbegotten
unlawfully or irregularly begotten; born of unmarried parents; illegitimate: his misbegotten son.
badly conceived, made, or carried out: his misbegotten plan.
Origin of misbegotten
1- Also mis·be·got .
Words Nearby misbegotten
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How to use misbegotten in a sentence
“Operation Varsity Blues” director Chris Smith, best known for the documentary “Fyre,” about the misbegotten music festival, wasn’t particularly interested in making a film about the Singer episode unless he could find a unique way into the story.
Actors in documentaries used to be taboo. Now they’re the stars. | Ann Hornaday | March 25, 2021 | Washington PostPerhaps Emerson was so convinced by his own misbegotten conclusions in 1995 that he's completely internalized them.
Disgraced Terror Expert Says Boston Bombs Bear 'Hallmark' Of Muslim Radicals | Ali Gharib | April 16, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTYour Hickey in The Iceman Cometh has become legendary and most recently you played Jim Tyrone in A Moon for the misbegotten.
Bugis, Sula man, sea gypsy—whichever's your misbegotten stripe—suppose you speak'um.
Where the Pavement Ends | John RussellThe road brought you to a desert place among ruins, where was a door in a hillside, and hard by the door a misbegotten pine.
The Master of Ballantrae | Robert Louis Stevenson
If she's willin' to give that misbegotten child her own Christian name, it won't do for the rest of us to be too toploftical.
Kildares of Storm | Eleanor Mercein KellyThe generally accepted belief is that these really represent a misbegotten world.
The Birth-Time of the World and Other Scientific Essays | J. (John) JolyDespite his words they still snarled and growled like the misbegotten curs they were.
The Suitors of Yvonne | Raphael Sabatini
British Dictionary definitions for misbegotten
/ (ˌmɪsbɪˈɡɒtən) /
unlawfully obtained: misbegotten gains
badly conceived, planned, or designed: a misbegotten scheme
Also: misbegot (ˌmɪsbɪˈɡɒt) literary, dialect illegitimate; bastard
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