How to Use ill-conceived in a Sentence
ill-conceived
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Without such a due process, any changes being considered are premature at best, and more likely ill-conceived.
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Washington Post,
7 Jan. 2026
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As a means of achieving political change, the boycott is ill-conceived, targeting a vital source of artistic dissent rather than policy makers.
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Gershom Gorenberg,
The Atlantic,
3 Oct. 2025
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Every team speaks with confident tones during the early days of spring, but the Giants’ expectations of playing October baseball were not ill-conceived.
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Justice Delos Santos,
Mercury News,
24 Sep. 2025
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In a letter to Secretary of State Marco Rubio, more than 140 House Democrats said the policy change was ill-conceived.
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Mike Lillis,
The Hill,
26 Aug. 2025
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As if things could not get worse, the burning wreckage from an ill-conceived and failed US rescue attempt was put on full display and the visible proof of America’s declined and decrepit foreign policy was international front-page news.
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Bill Keane,
Hartford Courant,
15 Mar. 2026
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