Meaning

3 senses

  1. (transitive)To mismanage.

  2. (reflexive)To behave inappropriately, to misbehave.

    behave badly

  3. (intransitive, rare)To act improperly.

Examples

17 sentences

  1. He is not ashamed of his misconduct.

    deEr schämt sich nicht für sein schlechtes Benehmen. — virgil

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  2. Oleg was arrested for serious misconduct.

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  3. She made an allusion to his misconduct.

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  4. She is not ashamed of her misconduct.

    deSie schämt sich nicht für ihr Fehlverhalten. — wolfgangth

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  5. Tom has been found guilty of misconduct.

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Origin

From mis- + conduct (verb sense).

From mis- + conduct (verb sense).

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Forms

misconducts, misconducting, misconducted, misconducted
Base formmisconduct · to misconduct
3rd person singularmisconducts
Present participlemisconducting
Past simplemisconducted
Past participlemisconducted

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theymisconduct
he, she, itmisconducts

Past simpleLesson

all personsmisconducted

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave misconducted
he, she, ithas misconducted

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill misconduct

Synonyms

4 synonyms
Close in meaning

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
mischiefB1mischievousmisconceptionB2misconstruemiscreantmisdeed
misconduct — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto