ill-conceived

Modifies a noun

• attempt: The only way this ill-conceived escape attempt could have ended.
• scheme: Determination to provide a better life for his pregnant wife has led Calvin ( Ice Cube ) through a series of ill-conceived get-rich-quick schemes.
• plan: Why does the Prime Minister intend to press ahead with Martin McGuinness's ill-conceived plan to scrap grammar schools there?
• policy: Drought, famine, war and ill-conceived policies brought millions to the brink of starvation in the 1970s and 1980s.
• legislation: So the elderly of Bristol will be the first to suffer the consequences of this ill-conceived legislation.
• decision: We believe this is an ill-conceived decision and we would encourage you to hold discussions with your colleagues to review it.

Modifying Another Word

• often: An eclectic collection of ill-fitting, often ill-conceived, junk.
• somewhat: Tamlyn Monson explains how a somewhat ill-conceived exhibition by two male photographers yields an inadvertent answer.