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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (1)

1. born out of wedlock;
- Example: "the dominions of both rulers passed away to their spurious or doubtful offspring"- E.A.Freeman
[syn: bastardly, misbegot, misbegotten, spurious]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Misbegot \Mis`be*got"\, Misbegotten \Mis`be*got"ten\, p. a.
   1. Unlawfully or irregularly begotten; of bad or disreputable
      origin; pernicious. "Valor misbegot." --Shak.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. Poorly designed or planned; badly carried out;
      ill-conceived.
      [PJC]