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misbehavior

noun
/ˌmɪsbɪˈheɪvjə(ɹ)/UK/ˌmɪsbɪˈheɪvjɚ/CA/ˌmɪsbɪˈhæɪvjə(ɹ)/

Etymology

From mis- + behavior.

  1. derived from habeō — “to have, hold”
  2. derived from avoir — “property, wealth”
  3. derived from aveir
  4. inherited from behavoure
  5. prefixed as misbehavior — “mis + behavior”

Definitions

  1. Action or conduct that is inappropriate, improper, incorrect, or unexpected.

    • The teacher did not tolerate misbehavior in his classroom.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for misbehavior. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA