ill-conceived
adjective
: badly planned : not showing good judgment
an ill-conceived attempt to save money
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Because maybe my whole vision of our friendship was naïve, ill-conceived.
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Hazlitt, 28 Feb. 2024
And that's why this prosecution is so ill-conceived.
—Nbc Universal, NBC News, 6 Aug. 2023
Was Offset’s apparently surprise gesture especially ill-conceived in today’s tenser, post-Las Vegas concert environment?
—Alexandra Del Rosario, Los Angeles Times, 28 July 2023
State Director Rodolfo Rosales denounced it as an inhumane, barbaric and ill-conceived plan.
—Aliza Chasan, CBS News, 8 June 2023
Hazlitt, 28 Feb. 2024
And that's why this prosecution is so ill-conceived.
—Nbc Universal, NBC News, 6 Aug. 2023
Was Offset’s apparently surprise gesture especially ill-conceived in today’s tenser, post-Las Vegas concert environment?
—Alexandra Del Rosario, Los Angeles Times, 28 July 2023
State Director Rodolfo Rosales denounced it as an inhumane, barbaric and ill-conceived plan.
—Aliza Chasan, CBS News, 8 June 2023
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“Ill-conceived.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ill-conceived. Accessed 25 Apr. 2024.
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