misbegotten

Example Sentences

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Another, entirely misbegotten, narrative thread relates the trip Mr. Enrigue took with his then-wife, the writer Valeria Luiselli, and their children to Arizona to pay homage to forgotten Apache warriors.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 5, 2026

Thanks to our current misbegotten model of manhood, we are once again arguing about this moral question: Should former Cincinnati Reds player and manager Pete Rose be inducted into Baseball’s Hall of Fame?

From Salon • Jun. 13, 2025

His activism earned him the lasting enmity of those who supported the misbegotten war.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 11, 2024

Spanning decades and traversing the ancient Mediterranean like some deeply misbegotten Carnival Cruise, this Shakespeare play mingles comedy, tragedy and Christian allegory.

From New York Times • Feb. 26, 2024

Of course it occurred to him that he might be wrong, that some misbegotten shadow had fallen across his face and warped his seeing.

From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck