misbegotten

Example Sentences

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Sal quietly seethes with irritation at Sonny’s misbegotten machinations, his chilly demeanor suggesting a tense and potentially dangerous volatility.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026

It wasn’t their fault that the wars they found themselves in were misbegotten and mismanaged.

From Salon • Aug. 10, 2025

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

It was another, unforeseen legacy of this misbegotten program that we may soon regret.

From Slate • Feb. 15, 2024

This was the logical climax of the whole misbegotten day, this whole out-of-joint term at Devon.

From "A Separate Peace" by John Knowles