Misconduct Meaning and Definition


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What is the definition Misconduct? What is its meaning in the dictionary? How to pronounce? Antonyms, Example sentences, Synonyms, Words starting with Misconduct, Words ending with Misconduct, Related sentences, Derivations and more...

Misconduct meaning

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


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