misbegottenadjective
uk/ˌmɪs.bɪˈɡɒt.ən/us/ˌmɪs.bɪˈɡɑː.t̬ən/misbegotten adjective (BADLY PLANNED)
formal badly or stupidly planned or designed:
a misbegotten belief/idea
misbegotten social and economic policies
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Stupid and silly
- (as) thick as two short planks idiom
- absurd
- adolescent
- against your better judgment idiom
- asinine
- be crazy about sb/sth idiom
- certifiable
- dotty
- dozy
- drink, laugh, etc. yourself silly idiom
- drivel
- dumb
- gibber
- laughable
- loony
- loopy
- lumpen
- lumpish
- slow
- wrongheaded
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misbegotten adjective (NOT RESPECTED)
[ before noun ] old-fashioned formal not deserving to be respected or thought valuable:
Her misbegotten father spent most of his adult life in prison.
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Unsuitable and unacceptable
- amiss
- beneath your dignity idiom
- beyond
- beyond the pale idiom
- delegitimize
- grain
- improper
- inapt
- incorrect
- indecent
- ineligible
- infelicitous
- offend
- offend against sth
- raffish
- room
- square peg (in a round hole) idiom
- that will never do! idiom
- unfit
- vulgar
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