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Antonyms for ill-conceived


Grammar : Adj
Spell : il-kuh n-seevd
Phonetic Transcription : ˈɪl kənˈsivd



Definition of ill-conceived

  • As in crazy : adj unrealistic, fantastic
  • As in half-baked : adj stupid; not thought through
Example sentences :
  • The division showed how ill-conceived the Opposition tactics had been.
  • Extract from : « Lord Randolph Churchill » by Winston Spencer Churchill
  • The terms of the reference to the commission were ill-conceived.
  • Extract from : « Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 5 » by Various
  • As a matter of fact, Vancouver was carrying out a deliberate plan, and one which was far from ill-conceived.
  • Extract from : « An American Politician » by F. Marion Crawford
  • She may have surmised my secret, or she may have supposed all these efforts the result of an ill-conceived philanthropy.
  • Extract from : « One of My Sons » by Anna Katharine Green
  • The Dante especially is ill-conceived—far too haughty, and in no wise noble or thoughtful.
  • Extract from : « Frederic Lord Leighton » by Ernest Rhys
  • Once more, then, Bonaparte had to suffer the humiliation of withdrawing a hasty and ill-conceived measure.
  • Extract from : « Bonaparte in Egypt and the Egyptians of To-day » by Haji A. Browne
  • But all these great resources were thrown away in an ill-conceived and worse executed campaign.
  • Extract from : « Plutarch's Lives, Volume IV » by Aubrey Stewart
  • Ideas so vague and ill-conceived can never maintain their ground.
  • Extract from : « Buffon's Natural History. Volume VII (of 10) » by Georges Louis Leclerc de Buffon
  • Through pride one shapes oneself towards a best, though at first it may be an ill-conceived best.
  • Extract from : « First and Last Things » by H. G. Wells
  • His great, though neglected and distorted, abilities found vent in ill-conceived imitations of Shakespeare.
  • Extract from : « Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 16, Slice 4 » by Various

Synonyms for ill-conceived

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