MISBEGOTTEN Synonyms: 12 Similar and Opposite Words

misbegotten

adjective

ˌmis-bi-ˈgä-tᵊn

Definition of misbegotten next

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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legitimate

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Recent Examples of misbegotten Every year, the Globes’ most misbegotten category gets more hilarious. —

Joe Reid, Vulture, 8 Dec. 2025 Dennings, 39, tells us about her own misbegotten Halloween attire and more. —

Patrick Ryan, USA Today, 29 Oct. 2025 Because the Sunbeam Alpine and Tiger are essentially identical, save for their engines and some unibody sheet metal beneath the exterior body panels, there exist many misbegotten conversions as well as some quite deceptive clones. —

Robert Ross, Robb Report, 22 Aug. 2025 Scenes stretch on too long, Lynette’s misbegotten plans play out in predictable fashion, and even a handful of genuinely thrilling action sequences (like Lynette’s escape from that grimy garage, told through an eye-popping oner) can’t quite keep things ticking along. —

Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 14 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for misbegotten

Recent Examples of Synonyms for misbegotten

illegitimate

Adjective

After testing against other economic variables that may have contributed to higher costs, and comparing housing activity in high-fraud ZIP codes to low-fraud ones in the same county, the researchers found illegitimate PPP loans to be one of the core drivers of housing prices.

— Tristan Bove, Fortune, 29 May 2026
That does not automatically mean every lawsuit involving a president and an executive agency is illegitimate.

— Andrew Leahey, Forbes.com, 29 May 2026