Word: Misconduct
How to pronounce: mɪsˈkɒndʌkt
Noun
Definitions:
1. Unacceptable or improper behavior, especially by an employee or professional person.
Example sentences: "She was found guilty of professional misconduct by a disciplinary tribunal"
2. Mismanagement, especially culpable neglect of duties.
Example sentences: "The general was pardoned for misconduct of the war"
Verb
Definitions:
1. Behave in an improper or unprofessional manner.
Example sentences: "The committee reprimanded two members who were found to have misconducted themselves"
2. Mismanage (duties or a project)
Example sentences: "There is no evidence that the premises were being misconducted"
Synonyms:
delinquency
misdeed
misdemeanour
misdemeanor
malfeasance
offence
derelictions
wrongdoing
offense
misbehavior
minor offences
misbehaviour
transgression
trespass
infidelity
unfaithfulness
Antonyms:
conduct
behavior
behaviour
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Misconduct in Other Languages...
Spanish: Conducta
German: Fehlverhalten
French:
Italian: Scorretto
Turkish: Suistimal
