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ill-begotten

ill-begotten adjective: of inferior parentage.

Adjective

ill-begotten (comparative more ill-begotten, superlative most ill-begotten)

  1. Of inferior parentage.
  2. ill-conceived
    • an ill-begotten scheme

Forms of ill-begotten

comparativemore ill-begotten
superlativemost ill-begotten

Questions about ill-begotten

What does ill-begotten mean?
Ill-begotten means of inferior parentage.
What part of speech is ill-begotten?
Ill-begotten is an adjective.

Words near ill-begotten in the dictionary

  1. ill-adapted
  2. ill-advised
  3. ill-advisedly
  4. ill-affected
  5. ill-assorted
  6. ill-begotten
  7. ill-behaved
  8. ill-being
  9. ill-boding
  10. ill-bred
  11. ill-chosen

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