as in illegitimate
born to a father and mother who are not married
a misbegotten child who never knew his father
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Recent Examples of misbegotten
The federal government itself also has a near-monopoly on the market for economically ruinous student loans—the very loans that are themselves disproportionately responsible for abetting the modern four-year college's misbegotten status as a necessary rite of passage to achieve the American dream.
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Nicholas Creel, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Apr. 2025
The logic of the intelligence cutoff is straightforward, if misbegotten.
—The Editors, National Review, 11 Mar. 2025
Rise of the Planet of the Apes came long after the original five movies and an earlier misbegotten attempt to reboot the franchise.
—Matt Cabral, EW.com, 23 Feb. 2025
One of those items is a very real-looking papier-mâché pigeon poking out from a hole in the wall of that misbegotten closet.
—Wendy Goodman, Curbed, 14 Jan. 2025
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Nicholas Creel, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Apr. 2025
The logic of the intelligence cutoff is straightforward, if misbegotten.
—The Editors, National Review, 11 Mar. 2025
Rise of the Planet of the Apes came long after the original five movies and an earlier misbegotten attempt to reboot the franchise.
—Matt Cabral, EW.com, 23 Feb. 2025
One of those items is a very real-looking papier-mâché pigeon poking out from a hole in the wall of that misbegotten closet.
—Wendy Goodman, Curbed, 14 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for misbegotten
illegitimate
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Russian President Vladimir Putin claims Zelenskyy is illegitimate and has called for new elections in Ukraine.—
Chris Massaro,
FOXNews.com,
23 July 2025
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To many early Americans, particularly those within the Washington and Adams administrations, self-government rendered popular protest illegitimate and obsolete.—
Time,
Time,
2 July 2025
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“Misbegotten.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/misbegotten. Accessed 14 Aug. 2025.
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