Misbegotten Definition
mĭsbĭ-gŏtn
adjective
Wrongly or unlawfully begotten; specif., born out of wedlock.
Webster's New World
Wrongly or badly conceived.
Misbegotten rules.
Webster's New World
Having an improper basis or origin; ill-conceived.
Misbegotten ideas about education.
American Heritage
Deserving of contempt.
You misbegotten scoundrel!
American Heritage
Antonyms:
noun
(loosely, quasi-nominal collective, as “the misbegotten [are]") That set of people born into infelicitous circumstances.
Wiktionary
Origin of Misbegotten
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mis- +"Ž begotten
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