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misbegotten definition

mis·be·got·ten (-bē gät′'n)

adjective

  1. wrongly or unlawfully begotten; specif., born out of wedlock
    also misbegot mis′·be·got′
  2. wrongly or badly conceived misbegotten rules

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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