as in illegitimate
born to a father and mother who are not married
a misbegotten child who never knew his father
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Recent Examples of misbegotten
Accepting a role in this misbegotten exercise was a giant strategic mistake, one driven less by the basic needs of Palestinian nationalism than the personal interests of Palestinian leaders.
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Yousef Munayyer, Foreign Affairs, 15 Oct. 2019
The misbegotten fusions of spending and regulation and of business and government confound free enterprise and capitalism.
—Clyde Wayne Crews Jr., Forbes, 6 Sep. 2024
The question of where the conflict goes from here, however, and what will remain in the aftermath is one that neither filmmaker is able to answer; it will be left to historians to make sense of another senseless, misbegotten war.
—Christopher Vourlias, Variety, 5 Sep. 2024
Many of the same people who set on this misbegotten course with Dominion continue to influence energy policies as Governor Lamont struggles to make increase the overall supply and require that 40% of it comes from renewable sources in five years.
—Kevin Rennie, Hartford Courant, 10 Aug. 2024
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Yousef Munayyer, Foreign Affairs, 15 Oct. 2019
The misbegotten fusions of spending and regulation and of business and government confound free enterprise and capitalism.
—Clyde Wayne Crews Jr., Forbes, 6 Sep. 2024
The question of where the conflict goes from here, however, and what will remain in the aftermath is one that neither filmmaker is able to answer; it will be left to historians to make sense of another senseless, misbegotten war.
—Christopher Vourlias, Variety, 5 Sep. 2024
Many of the same people who set on this misbegotten course with Dominion continue to influence energy policies as Governor Lamont struggles to make increase the overall supply and require that 40% of it comes from renewable sources in five years.
—Kevin Rennie, Hartford Courant, 10 Aug. 2024
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