misconceived

/ (ˌmɪskənˈsiːvd) /

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adjective

faultily or wrongly planned or based

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miscode, miscolor, miscommunicate, miscommunication, misconceive, misconceived, misconception, misconduct, misconstruction, misconstrue, miscopy

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How to use misconceived in a sentence

Be careful, it advised, your reaction could be misconceived as inhospitable.
How to Hide a Famine with Ping-Pong|Nicholas Griffin|January 9, 2014|DAILY BEAST
As someone who thinks the Obama approach to health reform is badly misconceived, I am reluctantly rooting for the Blue Dogs.
Blue Dog Bozos|Reihan Salam|July 27, 2009|DAILY BEAST
Hence a few suggestions are necessary at this point upon this much neglected and misconceived subject.
Browning and the Dramatic Monologue|S. S. Curry
Limited sketches of this kind are, furthermore, liable to be misconceived.
Summary Narrative of an Exploratory Expedition to the Sources of the Mississippi River, in 1820|Henry Rowe Schoolcraft

The machinery they employed was the long derided, misconceived, and unappreciated Women's Club.
What eight million women want|Rheta Childe Dorr
Singular destiny of that power, so often misconceived, and yet so manifest!
Lectures on the true, the beautiful and the good|Victor Cousin
How much I have misunderstood you, and how much you have misconceived your own heart.
Eveline Mandeville|Alvin Addison

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