ill-conceived
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“The fact that we have not died should not be considered a validation of ill-conceived decisions that were unlawful.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 21, 2026
Supervisors Holly Mitchell and Kathryn Barger panned it as rushed and ill-conceived.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 3, 2024
It called it "ill-conceived", saying it would "cause needless uncertainty and disputes about clearly established rights and responsibilities related to Basic Education".
From BBC • Sep. 13, 2024
As Reisner details in Cadillac Desert, in the late 1970s, President Jimmy Carter tried to kill 18 dam projects that seemed especially ill-conceived.
From Slate • Aug. 28, 2024
The last time I saw her was the night of Professor Ghering's lecture, when she stood along the wall, nodding in agreement as I protested using that poor man in that professors ill-conceived experiment.
From "Dread Nation" by Justina Ireland
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