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misbegotten

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mis·be·got·ten  (msb-gtn)
adj.
1.
a. Of, relating to, or being a child or children born to unmarried parents.
b. Not lawfully obtained: misbegotten wealth.
2. Having an improper basis or origin; ill-conceived: misbegotten ideas about education.
misbegotten
Adjective
1. planned or designed badly or with dishonourable motives or aims
2. Literary or dialect illegitimate; bastard
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Adj.1.misbegotten - born out of wedlock; "the dominions of both rulers passed away to their spurious or doubtful offspring"- E.A.Freeman
bastardly, misbegot, spurious
illegitimate - of marriages and offspring; not recognized as lawful


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For my own part, if it was an honest man's child, indeed--but for my own part, it goes against me to touch these misbegotten wretches, whom I don't look upon as my fellow-creatures.
The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling by Fielding, Henry View in context
What should ail me to harm this misbegotten and miserable babe?
The Scarlet Letter by Hawthorne, Nathaniel View in context
Rather, as there was something abnormal and misbegotten in the very essence of the creature that now faced me--something seizing, surprising and revolting-- this fresh disparity seemed but to fit in with and to reinforce it; so that to my interest in the man's nature and character, there was added a curiosity as to his origin, his life, his fortune and status in the world.
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Stevenson, Robert Louis View in context
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