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Webster 1913 Edition
Misconduct
Mis-con′duct
,Noun.
1.
Wrong conduct; bad behavior; mismanagement.
Addison.
Syn. – Misbehavior; misdemeanor; mismanagement; misdeed; delinquency; offense.
Misˊcon-duct′
,Verb.
T.
To conduct amiss; to mismanage.
Johnson.
To misconduct one’s self
, to behave improperly.
Misˊcon-duct′
,Verb.
I.
To behave amiss.
Webster 1828 Edition
Misconduct
MISCON'DUCT
,Noun.
Definition 2024
misconduct
misconduct
English
Pronunciation
- (UK): enPR: mĭs-kŏnʹdŭkt, IPA(key): /mɪsˈkɒndʌkt/
Noun
misconduct (usually uncountable, plural misconducts)
- Bad behavior.
- The student was threatened with a £2000 fine and banned from using the university's computing resources for two weeks due to gross misconduct on the Internet.
Translations
bad behavior — see misbehavior
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
- enPR: mĭs-kən-dŭktʹ, IPA(key): /mɪskənˈdʌkt/
Verb
misconduct (third-person singular simple present misconducts, present participle misconducting, simple past and past participle misconducted)
- (transitive) To mismanage.
- (reflexive) To misbehave.
- He misconducted himself with a chorus girl, according to his wife.
- (reflexive) To misbehave.
- (intransitive, rare) To act improperly.
Translations
mismanage — see mismanage
misbehave — see misbehave