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misconduct

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Noun, Verb (usu participle), Verb (transitive)
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mis=con=duct

WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun misconduct has 2 senses

Verb misconduct has 2 senses

CIDE DICTIONARY

misconductn. 
  •  Wrong conduct; bad behavior; mismanagement.  Addison.  [1913 Webster]
  •  Unlawful or unethical conduct by a person holding a public office or having a position of responsibility in the administration of justice; malfeasance; as, discussing the case out of court during a trial is misconduct by a juror;  [PJC]
Syn. -- Misbehavior; misdemeanor; mismanagement; misdeed; delinquency; offense.
misconductv. t. 
     To conduct amiss; to mismanage.  Johnson.  [1913 Webster]
To misconduct one's self, to behave improperly.
misconductv. i. 
     To behave amiss.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

misconduct, n. & v.
--n.
1 improper or unprofessional behaviour.
2 bad management.
--v.
1 refl. misbehave.
2 tr. mismanage.

THESAURUS

misconduct

abuse, abuse of office, bad policy, badness, be negligent, befoulment, conversion, corrupt administration, crime, criminal tendency, criminality, criminosis, debasement, defalcation, defilement, desecration, discourtesy, disorder, disorderliness, disorderly conduct, disruption, disruptiveness, diversion, do amiss, embezzlement, evil courses, evildoing, feloniousness, fouling, frowned-upon behavior, hooliganism, horseplay, impolicy, impropriety, inexpedience, inexpediency, lawbreaking, maladminister, maladministration, malfeasance, malpractice, malversation, misadminister, misadministration, misapplication, misapply, misappropriation, misbehavior, miscall, miscite, miscount, misdeal, misdemeanor, misdirect, misdirection, misdoing, misemploy, misemployment, misfeasance, misfield, misgovern, misgovernment, misguidance, misguide, mishandle, mishandling, mismanage, mismanagement, misplay, misprint, misprision, misprision of treason, misquote, misread, misreport, misrule, misspell, misusage, misuse, naughtiness, neglect, negligence, nonfeasance, nonsanctioned behavior, omission, peculation, perversion, pilfering, pollution, poor stewardship, positive misprision, profanation, prostitution, roughhouse, rowdiness, rowdyism, ruffianism, sin, thou scarlet sin, vandalism, venial sin, vice, viciousness, violation, wrong conduct, wrongdoing

ROGET THESAURUS

misconduct

Unskillfulness

N unskillfulness, want of skill, incompetence, incompentency, inability, infelicity, indexterity, inexperience, disqualification, unproficiency, quackery, folly, stupidity indiscretion, thoughtlessness, sabotage, mismanagement, misconduct, impolicy, maladministration, misrule, misgovernment, misapplication, misdirection, misfeasance, petticoat government, absence of rule, rule of thumb, bungling, failure, screw loose: too many cooks, blunder, etourderie gaucherie, act of folly, balourdise, botch, botchery, bad job, sad work, sprat sent out to catch a whale, much ado about nothing, wild- goose chase, bungler, fool, unskillful, inexpert, bungling, awkward, clumsy, unhandy, lubberly, gauche, maladroit, left-handed, heavy-handed, slovenly, slatternly, gawky, adrift, at fault, inapt, unapt, inhabile, untractable, unteachable, giddy, inconsiderate, stupid inactive, incompetent, unqualified, disqualified, ill-qualified, unfit, quackish, raw, green, inexperienced, rusty, out of practice, unaccustomed, unused, untrained &c, uninitiated, unconversant, shiftless, unstatesmanlike, unadvised, ill-advised, misadvised, ill-devised, ill-imagined, ill-judged, ill-contrived, ill-conducted, unguided, misguided, misconducted, foolish, wild, infelicitous, penny wise and pound foolish, one's fingers being all thumbs, the right hand forgets its cunning, il se noyerait dans une goutte d'eau, incidit in Scyllam qui vult vitare Charybdim, out of the frying pan into the fire, non omnia possumus omnes.

VB be unskillful, not see an inch beyond one's nose, blunder, bungle, boggle, fumble, botch, bitch, flounder, stumble, trip, hobble, put one's foot in it, make a mess of, make hash of, make sad work of, overshoot the mark, play tricks with, play Puck, mismanage, misconduct, misdirect, misapply, missend, stultify oneself, make a fool of oneself, commit oneself, act foolishly, play the fool, put oneself out of court, lose control, lose control of oneself, lose one's head, lose one's cunning, begin at the wrong end, do things by halves, make two bites of a cherry, play at cross purposes, strain at a gnat and swallow a camel, put the cart before the horse, lock the stable door when the horse is stolen, not know what one is about, not know one's own interest, not know on which side one's bread is buttered, stand in one's own light, quarrel with one's bread and butter, throw a stone in one's own garden, kill the goose which lays the golden eggs, pay dear for one's whistle, cut one's own throat, bum one's fingers, knock one's head against a stone wall, beat one's head against a stone wall, fall into a trap, catch a Tartar, bring the house about one's ears, have too many eggs in one basket (imprudent), have too many irons in the fire, mistake, take the shadow for the substance, bark up the wrong tree, be in the wrong box, aim at a pigeon and kill a crow, take the wrong pig by the tail, get the wrong pig by the tail, get the wrong sow by the ear, get the dirty end of the stick, put the saddle on the wrong horse, put a square peg into a round hole, put new wine into old bottles, cut blocks with a razor, hold a farthing candle to the sun, fight with a shadow, grasp at a shadow, catch at straws, lean on a broken reed, reckon without one's host, pursue a wild goose chase, go on a fool's goose chase, sleeveless errand, go further and fare worse, lose one's way, miss one's way, fail.

Guilt

N guilt, guiltiness, culpability, criminality, criminousness, deviation from rectitude, sinfulness, misconduct, misbehavior, misdoing, misdeed, malpractice, fault, sin, error, transgression, dereliction, delinquency, indiscretion, lapse, slip, trip, faux pas, peccadillo, flaw, blot, omission, failing, failure, break, bad break!, capital crime, delictum, offense, trespass, misdemeanor, misfeasance, misprision, malefaction, malfeasance, malversation, crime, felony, enormity, atrocity, outrage, deadly sin, mortal sin, deed without a name, corpus delicti, guilty, to blame, culpable, peccable, in fault, at fault, censurable, reprehensible, blameworthy, uncommendable, illaudable, weighed in the balance and found wanting, exceptionable, in flagrante delicto, red-handed, in the very act, with one's hand in the cookie jar, cui prodest scelus in fecit, culpam paena premit comes, O would the deed were good!, responsibility prevents crimes se judice nemo noce, so many laws argues so many sins.

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