Sekirov Dictionary

misbegotten

UK /ˌmɪsbɪˈɡɒtn̩/US /ˌmɪsbɪˈɡɑtn̩/

adjective 3
noun 2
forms 2

adjective3

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Born out of wedlock; illegitimate.
- But as the Deuill would haue it, three mis-be-gotten Knaues, in Kendall Greene, came at my Back, […] — 1597
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Bad; worthless.
- "Do they not sneakingly bestow on me their crass inability to do anything with their own misbegotten progeny, a subterfuge which I scornfully fub off on text-books?" — 1930
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(figurative) Ill-conceived.
- Many of the strangest, most misbegotten studio films of the last 20 years have been comedies, perhaps because middle-aged executives have no comprehension of what the younger generation finds funny. — 2012

noun2

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[in the plural] A person born into infelicitous circumstances.
- By preserving the incapable and “misbegotten”, and by insisting that they be the object of compassionate attention, it would cause even the strong to be infected with gloom and nihilism. — 1973
(offensive, no longer used) One born illegitimately (i.e., out of wedlock); a bastard.

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