misconceived

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adjective

Badly or wrongly conceived.

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Meanings

verb
  1. participlepastsimple past and past participle of misconceive
adjectivemisconceived (comparative more misconceived, superlative most misconceived)

comparative more misconceived · superlative most misconceived

  1. Badly or wrongly conceived.
    1. Being a bad idea; poorly thought out.

      Despite a misconceived orchestral accompaniment, Don's reworking of John D. Loudermilk's 1963 lament for the Cherokee Indians, "Indian Reservation," touched home.

      1990, Wayne Jancik, The Billboard Book of One-Hit Wonders, →ISBN, page 224

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
malconceived
Cite this entry
APA

misconceived. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/misconceived

MLA

“misconceived.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/misconceived. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “misconceived,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/misconceived.

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