misconduct

English

Etymology 1

From mis- + conduct (noun)

Pronunciation

• (UK): enPR: mĭs-kŏnʹdŭkt, IPA: /mɪsˈkɒndʌkt/, X-SAMPA: /mIs"kQndVkt/

Noun

Wikipedia misconduct (usually uncountable; plural misconducts)

1. 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 Wikipedia

Translations

bad behavior — see misbehavior

Etymology 2

From mis- + conduct (verb)

Pronunciation

• enPR: mĭs-kən-dŭktʹ, IPA: /mɪskənˈdʌkt/, X-SAMPA: /mIsk@n"dVkt/

Verb

misconduct (third-person singular simple present misconducts, present participle misconducting, simple past and past participle misconducted)

1. (transitive) To mismanage.
   1. (reflexive) To misbehave.

      He misconducted himself with a chorus girl, according to his wife.

2. (intransitive, rare) To act improperly.

Translations

mismanage — see mismanage

misbehave — see misbehave