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
Colorado has made a variety of misbegotten acquisitions in recent years.
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Andy McCullough, New York Times, 1 Oct. 2025
Because the Sunbeam Alpine and Tiger are essentially identical, save for their engines and some unibody sheet metal beneath the exterior body panels, there exist many misbegotten conversions as well as some quite deceptive clones.
—Robert Ross, Robb Report, 22 Aug. 2025
Scenes stretch on too long, Lynette’s misbegotten plans play out in predictable fashion, and even a handful of genuinely thrilling action sequences (like Lynette’s escape from that grimy garage, told through an eye-popping oner) can’t quite keep things ticking along.
—Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 14 Aug. 2025
But that hypothetical wildly misbegotten production might contain some genuinely big risks; this production, instead, simply falls flat.
—Daniel D'addario, Variety, 24 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for misbegotten
illegitimate
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Trump took decisive action Saturday in launching precision military strikes in Venezuela that enabled special forces to seize and detain Maduro, an illegitimate leader despised by his own people.—
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Rubio insisted in interviews that Washington will use control of Venezuela’s oil industry to force policy changes, and called the government currently in place illegitimate.—
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“Misbegotten.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/misbegotten. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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