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ill-conceived en · ADJ

Meanings

  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 schemes; and the original conception was lost. 1962 October, Brian Haresnape, “Focus on B.R. passenger stations”, in Modern Railways, pages 250–251:

Forms

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most ill-conceived Degree=Sup lexicographic
more ill-conceived Degree=Cmp lexicographic

Synonyms

misbegotten

Translations (3)

de schlecht durchdacht (not properly planned or thought through) · fi harkitsematon (not properly planned or thought through) · fi huonosti suunniteltu (not properly planned or thought through)