 misconduct |
||
| 1. | [ verb ] manage badly or incompetently | |
| Synonyms: | mismanage mishandle | |
| Examples: | "The funds were mismanaged" |
|
| Related terms: | manage | |
| 2. | [ noun ] bad or dishonest management by persons supposed to act on another's behalf | |
| Related terms: | management mismanage | |
| 3. | [ verb ] behave badly | |
| Synonyms: | misdemean misbehave | |
| Examples: | "The children misbehaved all morning" |
|
| Related terms: | behave act act_up fall_from_grace wrongdoing | |
| 4. | [ noun ] activity that transgresses moral or civil law | |
| Synonyms: | wrongful_conduct actus_reus wrongdoing | |
| Examples: | "he denied any wrongdoing" |
|
| Related terms: | activity misbehavior wrong violation injustice trespass infliction evildoing dereliction dishonesty malpractice malpractice perversion malversation tort injury misrepresentaation brutalisation misfeasance malfeasance misbehave | |
| Similar spelling: |
miscount |
|
