Definition of "misconceived" []

• Simple past tense and past participle of misconceive. (verb)

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• ""canon debate" has been "misconceived from the start," and second, that this misconceived debate symptomatically registers a "crisis in literary study""
• "Without a comprehensive federal approach, the president said, state and local authorities would continue to take "misconceived" steps at addressing the illegal immigration problem such as the recently enacted Arizona law that allows police to ask anyone for proof of legal U.S. residency."
• ""That's why we have to close the door on this kind of misconceived action by meeting our obligations here in Washington.""