Usually means: Incorrectly formed or understood idea.
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We found 16 dictionaries that define the word misconceived:

General (15 matching dictionaries)
  1. misconceived: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. misconceived: Merriam-Webster
  3. misconceived: Collins English Dictionary
  4. misconceived: Vocabulary.com
  5. misconceived: Wordnik
  6. misconceived: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  7. misconceived: Wiktionary
  8. Misconceived, misconceived: Dictionary.com
  9. Misconceived: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  10. Misconceived: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  11. misconceived: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  12. misconceived: FreeDictionary.org
  13. misconceived: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. misconceived: Legal dictionary

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▸ adjective:  Badly or wrongly conceived.
▸ adjective:  Being a bad idea; poorly thought out.

Similar:
misunderstand, misapprehend, misconstrue, misinterpret, malconceived, misbegotten, misguided, misnatured, ill-begotten, malplaced, more...

Opposite:
well-conceived, well-thought-out, well-planned, sensible, rational

Types:
misguided, ill-conceived, half-baked, untenable, precarious, more...

Phrases:
misconceived the nature of the issue, more...

Adjectives:
little, best, worst, truth, more

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Similar:
misunderstand, misapprehend, misconstrue, misinterpret, malconceived, misbegotten, misguided, misnatured, ill-begotten, malplaced, more...

Opposite:
well-conceived, well-thought-out, well-planned, sensible, rational

Types:
misguided, ill-conceived, half-baked, untenable, precarious, more...

Phrases:
misconceived the nature of the issue, more...

Adjectives:
little, best, worst, truth, more



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