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A Writer's Dictionary:

misbegotten Definition


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misbegotten
adj
    1. literary
      Illegally obtained.
      Thesaurus: illicit, illegal, illegitimate, unlawful, ill-gotten, shady, purloined.
    2. literary
      Foolishly planned or thought out; ill-conceived.
    3. old use
      Illegitimate; bastard.
Etymology: 16c: from past participle of beget.



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