misbegotten

[ mis-bi-got-n ]

adjective

1. unlawfully or irregularly begotten; begotten; born of unmarried parents; illegitimate:

   his misbegotten son.

2. badly conceived, made, or carried out:

   his misbegotten plan.

misbegotten

/ ˌmɪsbɪˈɡɒtən /

adjective

1. unlawfully obtained

   misbegotten gains

2. badly conceived, planned, or designed

   a misbegotten scheme

3. literary.
   Alsomisbegotˌmɪsbɪˈɡɒt illegitimate; bastard

Word History and Origins

Origin of misbegotten¹

First recorded in 1540–50; mis- ¹ + begotten

Example Sentences

“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.

From Washington Post

Perhaps Emerson was so convinced by his own misbegotten conclusions in 1995 that he's completely internalized them.

From The Daily Beast

Your Hickey in The Iceman Cometh has become legendary and most recently you played Jim Tyrone in A Moon for the Misbegotten.

From The Daily Beast

Bugis, Sula man, sea gypsy—whichever's your misbegotten stripe—suppose you speak'um.

From Project Gutenberg

The road brought you to a desert place among ruins, where was a door in a hillside, and hard by the door a misbegotten pine.

From Project Gutenberg

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.

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The generally accepted belief is that these really represent a misbegotten world.

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Despite his words they still snarled and growled like the misbegotten curs they were.

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