ill-conceived
adjective
: badly planned : not showing good judgment
an ill-conceived attempt to save money
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Supervisors Holly Mitchell and Kathryn Barger panned it as rushed and ill-conceived.
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Rebecca Ellis, Los Angeles Times, 3 Oct. 2024
Other efforts seemed ill-conceived and probably unhelpful.
—Faith Hill, The Atlantic, 19 Sep. 2024
Past privatization efforts have often been ill-conceived, economists say, allowing large assets to fall into the hands of oligarchs on the cheap, or have been delayed for years by unfavorable market conditions and legal disputes over the payment of company debts.
—Daria Mitiuk, New York Times, 12 June 2024
President Biden’ habitual market interventions are ill-conceived, for example, the billions expended to promote semiconductor chip production.
—Armstrong Williams, Baltimore Sun, 17 Mar. 2024
Because maybe my whole vision of our friendship was naïve, ill-conceived.
—Hazlitt, 28 Feb. 2024
And that's why this prosecution is so ill-conceived.
—Nbc Universal, NBC News, 6 Aug. 2023
Was Offset’s apparently surprise gesture especially ill-conceived in today’s tenser, post-Las Vegas concert environment?
—Alexandra Del Rosario, Los Angeles Times, 28 July 2023
State Director Rodolfo Rosales denounced it as an inhumane, barbaric and ill-conceived plan.
—Aliza Chasan, CBS News, 8 June 2023
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Rebecca Ellis, Los Angeles Times, 3 Oct. 2024
Other efforts seemed ill-conceived and probably unhelpful.
—Faith Hill, The Atlantic, 19 Sep. 2024
Past privatization efforts have often been ill-conceived, economists say, allowing large assets to fall into the hands of oligarchs on the cheap, or have been delayed for years by unfavorable market conditions and legal disputes over the payment of company debts.
—Daria Mitiuk, New York Times, 12 June 2024
President Biden’ habitual market interventions are ill-conceived, for example, the billions expended to promote semiconductor chip production.
—Armstrong Williams, Baltimore Sun, 17 Mar. 2024
Because maybe my whole vision of our friendship was naïve, ill-conceived.
—Hazlitt, 28 Feb. 2024
And that's why this prosecution is so ill-conceived.
—Nbc Universal, NBC News, 6 Aug. 2023
Was Offset’s apparently surprise gesture especially ill-conceived in today’s tenser, post-Las Vegas concert environment?
—Alexandra Del Rosario, Los Angeles Times, 28 July 2023
State Director Rodolfo Rosales denounced it as an inhumane, barbaric and ill-conceived plan.
—Aliza Chasan, CBS News, 8 June 2023
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“Ill-conceived.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ill-conceived. Accessed 15 Nov. 2024.
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