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misbegot

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mis⋅be⋅got⋅ten

  [mis-bi-got-n]
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–adjective
1. unlawfully or irregularly begotten; illegitimate: his misbegotten son.
2. badly conceived, made, or carried out: his misbegotten plan.
Also, mis⋅be⋅got.

Origin:
1540–50; mis- 1 + begotten
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misbegotten 
"bastard, illegitimate," 1554, pp. adj. from obsolete misbeget (1297); see mis- (1) + beget.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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