ill-conceived

adjective

Not properly planned or thought through.

Meanings

adjectiveill-conceived (comparative more ill-conceived, superlative most ill-conceived)

comparative more ill-conceived · superlative most ill-conceived

  1. Not properly planned or thought through.
    1 more example

    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 250–251

    Synonyms: misbegotten

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveNot properly planned or thought through.

More synonyms by meaning

adjectivepoorly conceived or thought out

Also see

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

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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Chicago

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