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 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 It’s been a long, bumpy ride for Marvel’s first family, which is finally joining the MCU after three prior misbegotten cinematic iterations of the team. A.a. Dowd, Vulture, 6 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for misbegotten
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illegitimate
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  • And then, on top of it, I was born out of some affair like some illegitimate, sinful mistake?
    Brie Stimson, FOXNews.com, 28 June 2025
  • In addition to frequent password updates, individuals will need to be more alert about the increasing amount of malware hiding in illegitimate software, applications and other downloadable files, Valenzuela said.
    Dylan Butts, CNBC, 26 June 2025

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“Misbegotten.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/misbegotten. Accessed 3 Jul. 2025.

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