Sentence examples for misconceived attempt from inspiring English sources

This misconceived attempt to grow more fuel rather than to curb demand is expected to gobble up a third of this year's maize (corn) crop.Although neo-Malthusianism naturally has much to say about food scarcity, the doctrine emerges more generally as the idea of absolute limits on resources and energy, such as the notion of "peak oil".

This situation is the direct result of the State Department's misconceived attempt to cripple the Mujahedeen Khalq by labeling it a terrorist organization, beginning in 1997.

It could be that the bigger spend on the wedding is a misconceived attempt to convince oneself and others that the union will last and that love will prevail, despite the divorce statistics.

He should immediately sack whoever it was that encouraged or allowed him to bury his invaluable strengths of worldly knowledge, caustic wit and absurdist eye in the misconceived attempt to involve us with a non-character for whom he has a fatally uncritical and quite inexplicable regard.

The current proposal agreed in Brussels is a misconceived attempt to regulate a settlement that does not exist, moreover the timing is out of kilter with the bond markets and this "fiscal agreement" may well be priced out of existence before any resolution by the eurozone is achieved in March of next year.

With themes including fetishism and voodoo, the film holds a mirror up to the compulsive sides of mankind that are often misconceived, attempting to unearth unrealized, dark abstractions from its audience.

Added to this, misconceived attempts to raise nursing and midwifery standards contributed to gender disparities: candidates were required to have completed secondary education—a situation denying entry for many rural women.

But this particular effort is misconceived and pointless.

Ben Brantley, theatre critic of The New York Times found it to be "exasperatingly misconceived", remarking that even when Hoffman is attempting to "manipulate others into self-destruction, he comes close to spoiling everything by erupting into genuine, volcanic fury".

Surely it is better for such groups to devote their energies to gathering signatures than to express their frustrations in other ways.JAMES GASSERLausanneA fair copSIR The suggestion that on racial issues the British armed forces could act as a model for the police is misconceived and reveals an ignorance of the many attempts to achieve such reforms in the past ("Words and deeds", October 24th).

Hence, according to Malcolm, empirical evidence is irrelevant for the study of dreaming and attempts to study dreams scientifically are misconceived.