Meanings
comparative more ill-conceived · superlative most ill-conceived
- Not properly planned or thought through.
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Elegant brick and stone buildings, with iron and glass canopies and decorative wooden scalloping and fencing—all evidencing care on the part of the architect to produce a pleasing, well-planned building—were submerged beneath a profusion of ill-conceived additions and camouflaged by vulgar paint schemes; and the original conception was lost.
1962 October, Brian Haresnape, “Focus on B.R. passenger stations”, in Modern Railways, pages 250–251Synonyms: misbegotten
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveNot properly planned or thought through.
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Translations
Finnish huonosti suunniteltu, harkitsematon
- huonosti suunniteltunot properly planned or thought through
- harkitsematonnot properly planned or thought through
German schlecht durchdacht
- schlecht durchdachtnot properly planned or thought through
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ill-conceived. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ill-conceived
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