ill-conceived

1. 1.

   poorly conceived or thought out

   “an ill-conceived plan to take over the company”

   Synonymsmisguided

   Similarfoolish

Questions about ill-conceived

What does ill-conceived mean?

ill-conceived means "poorly conceived or thought out".

How many syllables are in ill-conceived?

ill-conceived has 3 syllables and divides as ill--con-ceived under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for ill-conceived?

Close synonyms include misguided. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.