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Answer for the clue "Poor in conception ", 13 letters:
ill-conceived

Word definitions for ill-conceived in dictionaries

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
adj. poorly conceived or thought out; "an ill-conceived plan to take over the company" [syn: misguided ]

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
adjective EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES ▪ an ill-conceived scheme EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ But all-seaters don't mean all-safe so why should clubs risk bankruptcy and fans pay through the nose for an ill-conceived scheme? ▪ But with rapid population growth, ...

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
a. Not properly planned or thought through.

Usage examples of ill-conceived.

In the name of anticommunism, they proposed launching a secret and bloody war of terrorism against their own country in order to trick the American public into supporting an ill-conceived war they intended to launch against Cuba.

This amusingly ill-conceived adventure brings Bryson to the height of his comic powers, but his acute eye also observes an astonishing landscape of silent forests, sparkling lakes, and other national treasures that are often ignored or endangered.

A few handles and fittings bolted on from place to place do not make the Sten gun look any less like an ill-conceived high school metal shop project.

The raid was an ill-conceived plot to irritate the Overlord dreamed up by my sons and some hotheads from the other clans.