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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Antonyms & Near Antonyms

legitimate

Examples of misbegotten in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web The radicals in this race thus far are our misbegotten Republican nominees. —

Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 9 Aug. 2024 The result is the misbegotten Fly Me to the Moon, which somehow manages to be less credible than Capricorn One — and that movie featured O.J. Simpson as an astronaut. —

Frank Scheck, The Hollywood Reporter, 8 July 2024 No one needs the top two teams in the American League going all Hatfields and McCoys in a misbegotten beaning war. —

Childs Walker, Baltimore Sun, 21 June 2024 Critical race theory is the misbegotten offspring of Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels. —

Rachel Lu, National Review, 13 June 2024 See all Example Sentences for misbegotten

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