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misbegotten

[ mis-bi-got-n ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

unlawfully or irregularly begotten; begotten; born of unmarried parents; illegitimate:
his misbegotten son.
badly conceived, made, or carried out:
his misbegotten plan.

misbegotten

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adjective

unlawfully obtained
misbegotten gains
badly conceived, planned, or designed
a misbegotten scheme
literary.
��ǳ��𲵴ǳ�ˌ��ɪ��ɪˈɡɒ�� illegitimate; bastard

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Word History and Origins

Origin of misbegotten¹

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

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Example Sentences

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He would redeem his misbegotten career and go out “in a blaze of glory,” as he would put it.

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Musk waded into Euro-politics with all the misbegotten confidence of a person who has gotten obscenely rich on exploiting other people’s ideas without quite having any of his own.

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Before long, however, President George W. Bush’s misbegotten war in Iraq shattered the sense of oneness.

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His activism earned him the lasting enmity of those who supported the misbegotten war.

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Will Congress ever investigate this misbegotten operation and finally nail down the chain of events?

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misbecome misbehave

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