ill-conceived

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Adjective

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

  1. Not properly planned or thought through.
    Synonym: misbegotten
    • 1962 October, Brian Haresnape, “Focus on B.R. passenger stations”, in Modern Railways, pages 250–251:
      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.

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