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[ mis-bi-got-n ] / ˌmɪs bɪˈgɒt n / SEE SYNONYMS FOR misbegotten ON THESAURUS.COM
adjectiveunlawfully or irregularly begotten; born of unmarried parents; illegitimate: his misbegotten son. badly conceived, made, or carried out: his misbegotten plan. Origin of misbegottenFirst recorded in 1540–50; mis-1 + begotten Words nearby misbegottenmisapprehend, misapprehension, misappropriate, misarrange, misbecome, misbegotten, misbehave, misbehavior, misbelief, misbelieve, misbrand Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for misbegottenPerhaps 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|DAILY BEAST Your Hickey in The Iceman Cometh has become legendary and most recently you played Jim Tyrone in A Moon for the Misbegotten. Kevin Spacey on Casino Jack|Kevin Sessums|December 14, 2010|DAILY BEAST This was the incomparable sworder indeed, and John Varlet, that misbegotten rogue, had not taught him in vain. The Men of the Moss-Hags|S. R. Crockett Yet out of this morass of misbegotten virtues I plucked my first blossom of genuine affection. Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 2 (of 6)|Havelock Ellis
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 Kelly Will you allow me, Sir, to present you them, as the dearest offering that a misbegotten son of poverty and rhyme has to give? The Letters of Robert Burns|Robert Burns No telling when this misbegotten fog will close in and force us to slow down to half-speed or less--in crowded waters, too! Alias The Lone Wolf|Louis Joseph Vance
British Dictionary definitions for misbegotten
adjectiveunlawfully obtainedmisbegotten gains badly conceived, planned, or designeda misbegotten scheme Also: misbegot (ˌmɪsbɪˈɡɒt) literary, dialect illegitimate; bastard Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to misbegottenbastard, dishonest, disreputable, illegal, natural, poor, shady, spurious, unlawful, baseborn, suppositious, stolen, unrespectable |