"misbehavior" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˌmɪsbəˈheɪvjɚ/ [General-American], /ˌmɪsbəˈheɪvjə/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: en-us-misbehavior.ogg [US] Forms: misbehaviors [plural]
Etymology: mis- + behavior Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|mis|behavior}} mis- + behavior Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} misbehavior (countable and uncountable, plural misbehaviors)
  1. (American spelling) Action or conduct that is inappropriate, improper, incorrect, or unexpected. Tags: US, countable, uncountable Synonyms: misbehaviour [Commonwealth, UK] Synonyms (inappropriate conduct): misconduct Translations (conduct that is inappropriate): лошо държание (lošo dǎržanie) (Bulgarian), 不當行為 (Chinese Mandarin), 不当行为 (bùdàng xíngwéi) (Chinese Mandarin), 行為不端 (Chinese Mandarin), 行为不端 (xíngwéi bùduān) (Chinese Mandarin), 不良行为 (Chinese Mandarin), 不良行為 (bùliáng xíngwéi) (Chinese Mandarin), dårlig opførsel [common-gender] (Danish), wangedrag [neuter] (Dutch), huono käytös (Finnish), inconduite [feminine] (French), schlechtes Benehmen [neuter] (German), illetlen viselkedés (Hungarian), illecito (Italian), scorrettezza (Italian), comportamento scorretto (Italian), cattiva condotta (Italian), 不正行為 (fusei kōi) (alt: ふせいこうい) (Japanese), 違法行為 (ihō kōi) (alt: いほうこうい) (Japanese), ദുസ്സ്വഭാവം (dussvabhāvaṁ) (Malayalam), dårlig oppførsel [masculine] (Norwegian), złe zachowanie [neuter] (Polish), má conduta [feminine] (Portuguese), недосто́йное поведе́ние (nedostójnoje povedénije) [neuter] (Russian), просту́пок (prostúpok) [masculine] (Russian), плохо́е поведе́ние (ploxóje povedénije) [neuter] (Russian), mal comportamiento [masculine] (Spanish), misskötsamhet [common-gender] (Swedish), погана поведінка (pohana povedinka) (Ukrainian)

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      "sense": "conduct that is inappropriate",
      "word": "лошо държание"
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      "sense": "conduct that is inappropriate",
      "word": "不當行為"
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      "sense": "conduct that is inappropriate",
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      "sense": "conduct that is inappropriate",
      "word": "行为不端"
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      "sense": "conduct that is inappropriate",
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      "code": "zh",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "bùliáng xíngwéi",
      "sense": "conduct that is inappropriate",
      "word": "不良行為"
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      "code": "da",
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      "sense": "conduct that is inappropriate",
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      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "conduct that is inappropriate",
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      "sense": "conduct that is inappropriate",
      "word": "huono käytös"
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      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "conduct that is inappropriate",
      "tags": [
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      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "conduct that is inappropriate",
      "tags": [
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    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "conduct that is inappropriate",
      "word": "illetlen viselkedés"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "conduct that is inappropriate",
      "word": "illecito"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "conduct that is inappropriate",
      "word": "scorrettezza"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "conduct that is inappropriate",
      "word": "comportamento scorretto"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "conduct that is inappropriate",
      "word": "cattiva condotta"
    },
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      "alt": "ふせいこうい",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
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      "sense": "conduct that is inappropriate",
      "word": "不正行為"
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      "alt": "いほうこうい",
      "code": "ja",
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      "roman": "ihō kōi",
      "sense": "conduct that is inappropriate",
      "word": "違法行為"
    },
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      "code": "ml",
      "lang": "Malayalam",
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      "sense": "conduct that is inappropriate",
      "word": "ദുസ്സ്വഭാവം"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "conduct that is inappropriate",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "dårlig oppførsel"
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      "sense": "conduct that is inappropriate",
      "tags": [
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      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "conduct that is inappropriate",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "má conduta"
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      "lang": "Russian",
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      "sense": "conduct that is inappropriate",
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      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "conduct that is inappropriate",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "mal comportamiento"
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    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "conduct that is inappropriate",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
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      "word": "misskötsamhet"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "pohana povedinka",
      "sense": "conduct that is inappropriate",
      "word": "погана поведінка"
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