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misconduct

noun
/mɪsˈkɒndʌkt/UK/mɪskənˈdʌkt/

Etymology

From mis- + conduct (noun sense).

  1. derived from conductus
  2. derived from conductus — “defense, escort”
  3. formed as misconduct — “mis- + conduct”

Definitions

  1. Behavior that is considered to be unacceptable.

    • The student was banned from using the university's computing resources for two weeks due to gross misconduct on the Internet.

  2. A penalty or write-up for improper behavior.

    • There is definitely an indication of retaliation in this case. I have never received a misconduct for possessing or using drugs.

  3. To mismanage.

  4. ›+ 2 more definitions

    1. To behave inappropriately, to misbehave.

      • It had been pointed out […] that in the past enemy aliens misconducting themselves had been returned to the internment camp.

    2. To act improperly.

      • The quartermasters have misconducted, and the government should bear the loss resulting from that misconduct.
      • It seems no answer for the recipient to allege that he was incompetent and misconducted, but that the acts were committed outside the jurisdiction.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at misconduct. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

01misconduct02mismanage03inept04unfit05physical06nature07careful08grief

A definitional loop anchored at misconduct. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

8 hops · closes at misconduct

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

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