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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • adjective Poorly conceived or planned.

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  • adjective Not properly planned or thought through.

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  • adjective poorly conceived or thought out

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Examples

  • What do you do when your last major show has been drowned out by boos from the stalls, called "ill-conceived and barkingly offensive" by the critics, and banned by the BBC?

    The Independent - Frontpage RSS Feed 2011

  • My friend William Galston, a fellow at the Brookings Institution and a professor at the University of Maryland, observed, When the rules are inadequate, ill-conceived, or poorly enforced, markets malfunction badly, causing great damage.

    The Good Fight Walter F. Mondale 2010

  • My friend William Galston, a fellow at the Brookings Institution and a professor at the University of Maryland, observed, When the rules are inadequate, ill-conceived, or poorly enforced, markets malfunction badly, causing great damage.

    The Good Fight Walter F. Mondale 2010

  • My friend William Galston, a fellow at the Brookings Institution and a professor at the University of Maryland, observed, When the rules are inadequate, ill-conceived, or poorly enforced, markets malfunction badly, causing great damage.

    The Good Fight Walter F. Mondale 2010

  • There's still a very large possibility that it could become a fiasco, a quagmire, or whatever other term you wish to describe an ill-conceived military adventure.

    Chris Weigant: Obama's Libyan Gamble, Week Two Chris Weigant 2011

  • The subsequent economy of force operation (while our attention shifted to Iraq), avoidance of any meaningful development effort ("we don't do nation building"), and an ill-conceived push to create a strong central government were followed by an increasing emphasis on military operations, even though it was widely recognized that there could not be a military solution.

    Edward Corcoran: Afghanistan: Time to Build Edward Corcoran 2011

  • There's still a very large possibility that it could become a fiasco, a quagmire, or whatever other term you wish to describe an ill-conceived military adventure.

    Chris Weigant: Obama's Libyan Gamble, Week Two Chris Weigant 2011

  • Here is the full text of the ill-conceived House language in the FAA reauthorization HR 658:

    Jake Schmidt: Congress Should Not Try to Stop the Europeans From Controlling Aviation's Carbon Pollution Jake Schmidt 2011

  • There's still a very large possibility that it could become a fiasco, a quagmire, or whatever other term you wish to describe an ill-conceived military adventure.

    Chris Weigant: Obama's Libyan Gamble, Week Two Chris Weigant 2011

  • There's still a very large possibility that it could become a fiasco, a quagmire, or whatever other term you wish to describe an ill-conceived military adventure.

    Chris Weigant: Obama's Libyan Gamble, Week Two Chris Weigant 2011

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