misbegotten

Example Sentences

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It grew out of his government’s misbegotten attempt last week to protect another embattled Conservative lawmaker, Owen Paterson, by pressuring Tory lawmakers to vote in favor of rewriting Parliament’s ethics rules.

From New York Times

Last year, he was charged with wire fraud and money laundering for stealing money from a charity whose proceeds were supposed to be used to build Trump's misbegotten wall along the U.S.-Mexico border.

From Salon

It is also true that buybacks are often made from a misbegotten obsession with short-term stock prices.

From New York Times

Clutching a briefcase full of misbegotten booty, Freddie recounts his experience trying to get a sandwich in the middle of the ruckus: “‘People running up and down, screaming.

From Los Angeles Times

The graduates, he said, would no longer be called on to serve in misbegotten wars, but they would have to confront a spider web of terrorist threats from Middle East to Africa.

From New York Times