Misconduct
[mɪs'kɒndʌkt] or [,mɪs'kɑndʌkt]
Definition
(noun.) bad or dishonest management by persons supposed to act on another's behalf.
Inputed by Jane--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) Wrong conduct; bad behavior; mismanagement.
(v. t.) To conduct amiss; to mismanage.
(v. i.) To behave amiss.
Editor: Wendell
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Misbehavior, ill conduct, bad conduct.
v. a. Mismanage, manage ill.
Edited by Barrett
Synonyms and Antonyms
[See CONDUCT]
Editor: Milton
Definition
n. bad conduct: wrong management.—v.t. Misconduct′ to conduct badly.
Typist: Sharif
Examples
- They proceed from no misconduct, and can bring no disgrace. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
- Great nations are never impoverished by private, though they sometimes are by public prodigality and misconduct. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- Capitals are increased by parsimony, and diminished by prodigality and misconduct. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- I acquit Edward of essential misconduct. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
- They supply an engine with safety-valves, which would answer the purpose if kept in proper condition; but they do not make effectual provision against careless management and reckless misconduct. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- The effects of misconduct are often the same as those of prodigality. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- But after all the punishment that misconduct can bring, it is still not less misconduct. Jane Austen. Emma.
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