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misconduct

/ misconduct /
noun/verb

Definitions & Examples

noun Sense 1
bad or dishonest management by persons supposed to act on another''s behalf
Type of:
management direction
Derived:
mismanage mishandle
verb Sense 2
behave badly
"The children misbehaved all morning"
Opposites:
behave comport
Type of:
act move
Kinds of:
fall from grace act up carry on
Derived:
wrongdoing wrongful conduct actus reus misbehavior misbehaviour
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something with something
noun Sense 3
activity that transgresses moral or civil law
"he denied any wrongdoing"
Type of:
activity
Kinds of:
brutalization brutalisation trespass encroachment violation
Derived:
misbehave misdemean
verb Sense 4
manage badly or incompetently
"The funds were mismanaged"
Type of:
manage deal care
Derived:
mismanagement misdirection
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Semantic Complexity
58%
Sense Count
4
Total Synonyms
0
Total Relationships
29
Times Searched
2
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management direction act move fall from grace act up carry on behave comport activity brutalization brutalisation