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Meanings of misbegotten in English

Born out of wedlock.

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Examples for "spurious"
Examples for "spurious"
1
Of course the reason offered by the Bank of Ireland is spurious.
The Irish Times
2
Consequently, data cleaning is of paramount importance in excluding spurious genotyping results.
Pubmed
3
Gruesome as the idea was, I didn't believe the association was spurious.
Temperance Brennan 01 - Déjà Dead
4
They could no longer cling to spurious claims about how education corrupts.
The Guardian
5
Because I am quite certain this charge will prove to be spurious.
Layover in dubai
1
What a bastardly thing to say.
Cities in Flight
2
These bastardly Acolytes evidently have been exploiting it to draw Okies here, in order to hire the few they need on a competitive basis.
Cities in Flight
3
A tense ripper full of great performances, including William Talman as the bastardly kidnapper, The Hitch-Hiker is just as relentless as the desert sun itself.
Wired
4
'The ornamentation is still bastardly traditional; but never mind; it will do.'
His Masterpiece
5
"That's the most bastardly thing I've ever heard," he said, awestruck.
Rogues
1
He is some misbegot thing in time.
Iron Council
2
"I don't want to hear nothing about that misbegot vixen."
The Torch and Other Tales
Usage of misbegotten in English
1
The misbegotten Bears experiment does suggest a couple of ways forward, however.
The Guardian
2
Know you his brother Giles?- alittlemisbegotten imp, all head and arms?
The Cloister and the Hearth
3
And of course hardly anyone remembers his misbegotten cinematic debut, Ali G Indahouse.
The Guardian
4
As she went, she wondered what misbegotten instinct had made her suggest drinks.
Imajica: Complete Edition
5
Your brother will believe everything that the misbegotten whore son says.
RUNNER
6
He might be the luckiest person associated with this misbegotten production.
Reuters
7
Not a regular creature at all, but something very strange and misbegotten indeed.
The half-made world
8
Before your patient thinks you're as loony as your misbegotten ancestors.
Worlds of Honor
9
Other than the bathetic speech-making, there's virtually no drama in this misbegotten hokum.
Reuters
10
The misbegotten dogs have been urging her on with their yataghans!
The Lady of the Shroud
11
What should ail me to harm this misbegotten and miserable babe?
The Scarlet Letter
12
When I said 'misbegotten,' perhaps I ought to have said 'half-begotten'?
Heart and Science: A Story of the Present Time
13
But nothing misbegotten or defective should have been in the first production of things.
Summa Theologica, Part I (Prima Pars) / From the Complete Americ...
14
Whatever resources and wealth existed on this misbegotten planet, they resided in the capital.
The Reality Dysfunction
15
But I already told you all there is to know about my misbegotten youth.
The lake
16
Why did he need to see me as frightful, misbegotten?
A monster's notes
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