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
It was another, unforeseen legacy of this misbegotten program that we may soon regret.
From Slate • Feb. 15, 2024
Which is not to say their lives were somehow misbegotten or cut tragically short; we should all be so lucky to straddle two centuries with such achievements and exit covered in glory.
From New York Times • Nov. 25, 2023
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
Vocabulary lists containing misbegotten
The House of the Scorpion
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