"misconduct" meaning in English

See misconduct in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /mɪsˈkɒndʌkt/ [UK] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-misconduct (noun).wav [Southern-England] Forms: misconducts [plural]
enPR: mĭs-kŏnʹdŭkt Etymology: mis- + conduct (noun sense) Etymology templates: {{affix|en|mis-|conduct}} mis- + conduct, {{gloss|noun sense}} (noun sense) Head templates: {{en-noun|-|s}} misconduct (usually uncountable, plural misconducts)
  1. Behavior that is considered to be unacceptable. Tags: uncountable, usually Derived forms: sexual misconduct
    Sense id: en-misconduct-en-noun-yqwWJotN Categories (other): English terms prefixed with mis- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with mis-: 12 13 38 37
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Verb

IPA: /mɪskənˈdʌkt/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-misconduct (verb).wav [Southern-England] Forms: misconducts [present, singular, third-person], misconducting [participle, present], misconducted [participle, past], misconducted [past]
enPR: mĭs-kən-dŭktʹ Etymology: mis- + conduct (verb sense) Etymology templates: {{affix|en|mis-|conduct}} mis- + conduct, {{gloss|verb sense}} (verb sense) Head templates: {{en-verb}} misconduct (third-person singular simple present misconducts, present participle misconducting, simple past and past participle misconducted)
  1. (transitive) To mismanage. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-misconduct-en-verb-urgyTzKY Categories (other): English terms prefixed with mis- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with mis-: 12 13 38 37
  2. (reflexive) To behave inappropriately, to misbehave. Tags: reflexive
    Sense id: en-misconduct-en-verb-TVJLGPt1 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English heteronyms, English terms prefixed with mis- Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 8 3 42 47 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 10 3 41 46 Disambiguation of English heteronyms: 7 7 41 45 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with mis-: 12 13 38 37
  3. (intransitive, rare) To act improperly. Tags: intransitive, rare
    Sense id: en-misconduct-en-verb-VPIcnhg0 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English heteronyms, English terms prefixed with mis- Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 8 3 42 47 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 10 3 41 46 Disambiguation of English heteronyms: 7 7 41 45 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with mis-: 12 13 38 37
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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