Misconceived

adj, verb

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Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    simple past and past participle of misconceive form-of, participle, past
Adjective
  1. 1
    Badly or wrongly conceived.
  2. 2
    Badly or wrongly conceived.; 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."

Synonyms

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distortedgarbledmalconceivedmisreadmistakenmisunderstood

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

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