Synonyms:
ill-conceived, misguided
Meaning: poorly conceived or thought out; "an ill-conceived plan to take over the company"
Usage examples
She had been young, misguided, ill-advised perhaps.
In that case the work must be delayed and misguided.
To tell you the truth, I am sorry for the boy--he is only twenty-one or thereabouts, and I think he has been misguided.
The current in the Bosporus is pretty strong, and these sad relics of two misguided Dutchmen will be washed up tomorrow about Seraglio Point.
Sincere he undoubtedly was, and, however misguided, actuated by pious motives in all his pursuits; and it is to be regretted that a man of such spirit, who conducted his enterprises with so much warmth and industry, had not entertained more enlarged views, and embraced principles more favorable to the general happiness of society.