What is "misbegot"

Misbegot \Mis`be*got"\, Misbegotten \Mis`be*got"ten\, p. a.

1. Unlawfully or irregularly begotten; of bad or disreputable origin; pernicious. ``Valor misbegot.''
   --Shak.

2. Poorly designed or planned; badly carried out; ill-conceived.

a. misbegotten; unlawfully or irregularly begotten; of bad origin

adj. born out of wedlock; "the dominions of both rulers passed away to their spurious or doubtful offspring"- E.A.Freeman [syn: bastard, bastardly, misbegotten, spurious]