ill-conceived

[ il-kuhn-seevd ]
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adjective
  1. badly conceived or planned: an ill-conceived project.

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How to use ill-conceived in a sentence

  • "I want that one," he repeated confidently, and pointed to the most ill-proportioned of an ill-conceived litter of mongrels.

    The Short Life | Francis Donovan
  • It was a feeble and ill-conceived effort to snatch a political advantage out of a forbidding military situation.

  • His work was ill-conceived and poorly executed, but at the same time it gave access to many places wholly inaccessible before.

    The Yellowstone National Park | Hiram Martin Chittenden
  • Without doubt they were sufferers from their ill-conceived and mischievous Ecclesiastical Titles Act.

  • James abandoned that ill-conceived idea and went on sinking deep and feeling miserable.

    The Fourth R | George Oliver Smith