1
[ verb ] manage badly or incompetently

Synonyms

mismanage mishandle

Examples

"The funds were mismanaged"

Related terms

manage

2
[ noun ] bad or dishonest management by persons supposed to act on another's behalf

Related terms

management mismanage

3
[ verb ] behave badly

Synonyms

misdemean misbehave

Examples

"The children misbehaved all morning"

Related terms

behave act act_up fall_from_grace wrongdoing

4
[ noun ] activity that transgresses moral or civil law

Synonyms

wrongful_conduct actus_reus wrongdoing

Examples

"he denied any wrongdoing"

Related terms

activity misbehavior wrong violation injustice trespass infliction evildoing dereliction dishonesty malpractice malpractice perversion malversation tort injury misrepresentaation brutalisation misfeasance malfeasance misbehave

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Rhymes with

conduct product conduct byproduct duct ducked induct viaduct aqueduct construct deduct abduct bucked tucked reconstruct deconstruct construct plucked instruct destruct obstruct

Phonetic and Homophones

M IH0 S K AA1 N D AH0 K T

Similar Spelling

miscount

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