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ill-conceived

ill-conceived adjective: not properly planned or thought through.

Adjective

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

  1. Not properly planned or thought through.
    • Elegant brick and stone buildings, with iron and glass canopies and decorative wooden scalloping and fencing—all evidencing care on the part of the architect to produce a pleasing, well-planned building—were submerged beneath a profusion of ill-conceived additions and camouflaged by vulgar paint...1962 October, Brian Haresnape, “Focus on B.R. passenger stations”, in Modern Railways, pages 250–251
    Synonyms:
    misbegotten

Synonyms of ill-conceived

Forms of ill-conceived

comparativemore ill-conceived
superlativemost ill-conceived

Questions about ill-conceived

What does ill-conceived mean?
Ill-conceived means not properly planned or thought through.
What part of speech is ill-conceived?
Ill-conceived is an adjective.

Words near ill-conceived in the dictionary

  1. ill-being
  2. ill-boding
  3. ill-bred
  4. ill-chosen
  5. ill-concealed
  6. ill-conceived
  7. ill-conditioned
  8. ill-considered
  9. ill-constructed
  10. ill-defined
  11. ill-definedness

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