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misbegotten

adjective [before noun] (NOT RESPECTED)
 
 
/ˌmɪs.bɪˈɡɒt.ən/ US  /-ˈɡɑː.t̬ən/ old-fashioned formal

Definition

not deserving to be respected or thought valuable: Her misbegotten father spent most of his adult life in prison.Unsuitable and unacceptable
(Definition of misbegotten adjective (NOT RESPECTED) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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