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 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 The substance that makes beer and wine and vodka and whisky so popular has been legal throughout American history with the brief, misbegotten exception of 1920-1933. New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 14 Dec. 2024 Over 2,500 film industry figures in South Korea have signed their names to a petition calling for the impeachment of President Yoon Suk Yeol after his misbegotten declaration of martial law on Tuesday. Patrick Brzeski, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 Dec. 2024 See All Example Sentences for misbegotten
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illegitimate
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  • Peters was found guilty in August on seven counts convicting her for assisting in facilitating unauthorized access to voting equipment after the 2020 election, aiming to bolster Trump’s claim the election results were illegitimate.
    Alex Gangitano, The Hill, 6 May 2025
  • Nothing in the court’s opinion, however, required states to create voucher programs, much less implied that reserving public education funds for public schools was illegitimate.
    Derek W. Black, The Conversation, 6 May 2025

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“Misbegotten.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/misbegotten. Accessed 23 May. 2025.

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