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

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

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