If you describe a plan or action as ill-conceived, you mean that it is likely to fail or have bad consequences because it has not been thought about carefully enough. an ill-conceived plan to close the coal mine. not planned well and not having an aim that is likely to be achieved
When a woman conceives, she becomes pregnant. Women, he says, should give up alcohol before they plan to conceive A mother who already has non-identical twins is more likely to conceive another set of twins
judge or regard; look upon; judge; "I think he is very smart"; "I believe her to be very smart"; "I think that he is her boyfriend"; "The racist conceives such people to be inferior"
If you cannot conceive of something, you cannot imagine it or believe it. I just can't even conceive of that quantity of money He was immensely ambitious but unable to conceive of winning power for himself
If you conceive a plan or idea, you think of it and work out how it can be done. She had conceived the idea of a series of novels He conceived of the first truly portable computer in 1968
If you conceive something as a particular thing, you consider it to be that thing. The ancients conceived the earth as afloat in water We conceive of the family as being in a constant state of change Elvis conceived of himself as a ballad singer