misconductn.

Brit.

/ˌmɪsˈkɒndʌkt/, U.S.

/ˌmɪsˈkɑndəkt/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: mis- prefix¹, conduct n.¹

Etymology: < mis- prefix¹ + conduct n.¹The 1775 ed. of Robert Baillie's Lett. includes ‘misconduct’ in a letter of 23 Sept. 1639 (I. 183): this is a misreading of ‘miscontent’ (see 1841 ed., I. 219).

a. In plural. Instances of unacceptable or improper conduct or behaviour.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > [noun] > instance of

misbehaviour1486

misdemeanoura1513

miscarriage1579

misconducts1697

the mind > goodness and badness > wrongdoing > misbehaviour > [noun] > instance of

unthrift1303

misbreydec1380

misdemeanoura1513

misordera1538

miscarriage1579

delinquishment1593

delinquency1603

misconducts1697

society > morality > moral evil > wrong conduct > [noun] > instance of

misconducts1697

1697 J. Norris Treat. Several Subj. (1698) 240 I would fain know, whether any of these Misconducts of Life be..more unrelating to our grand Concern [etc.].

1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 256. ¶4 Such as are guilty..of the same Slips or Misconducts in their own Behaviour.

1771 O. Goldsmith Hist. Eng. I. 106 His misconducts were incurable.

1857 T. P. Thompson Audi Alteram Partem (1858) I. iii. 8 All malpractices and misconducts shall be smothered by the exercise of brute force at our expense.

1988 Community Devel. Jrnl. 23 231 The..United Nations Centre of Transnational Corporations..has documented several misconducts on the part of TNCs involved in the manufacture..of hazardous products.

b. Improper or unacceptable conduct or behaviour. Frequently, esp. in Law (euphemistic): adultery or other illicit sexual activity.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > [noun]

abominationc1350

misgovernancec1375

misleadinga1387

misusing1395

misbearinga1400

misordinancea1400

misruling?a1425

misgovernail?a1439

misdraughtc1450

misgovernmentc1450

misbehaving1451

misguiding1480

misbehaviour1486

misdemeaning1487

misgoverning1487

misdemeanoura1513

misordera1513

misordering1526

misusage1532

misnurturea1540

misdemean1579

miscarriage1594

misguide1596

demeanour1681

misconduct1717

the mind > goodness and badness > wrongdoing > misbehaviour > [noun]

misgovernancec1375

misleadinga1387

misusing1395

misbearinga1400

misordinancea1400

misdraughtc1450

misgovernmentc1450

misbehaving1451

misguiding1480

misbehaviour1486

misdemeaning1487

misgoverning1487

miscraft1496

demerit1509

misuse1509

misdemeanoura1513

misordera1513

misordering1526

misusage1532

misdemean1579

miscarriage1594

misguide1596

delinquency1603

demeanour1681

misconduct1717

society > morality > moral evil > wrong conduct > [noun]

fiend-thewsc1275

misgovernancec1375

misusing1395

misrule?1406

misgovernmentc1450

misguiding1480

thowlessness1489

miscraft1496

demerit1509

misuse1509

misdemeanoura1513

prevarication1561

misguide1596

malconduct1684

misconduct1717

malversation1752

misdealing1851

1717 C. Bullock Woman is Riddle ii. 27 Will you persevere in your Errors, still be blind to your Misconduct?

1792 tr. J.-J. Rousseau in M. Wollstonecraft Vindic. Rights Woman v. 184 The perverseness and ill-nature of the women only serve to aggravate..the misconduct of their husbands.

1869 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest III. xii. 111 Stirred up by the misconduct of their eldest son.

1879 J. R. Blakiston Teacher 6 When a teacher feels his temper ruffled by a child's misconduct.

1959 Earl Jowitt & C. Walsh Dict. Eng. Law I. 447/1 In suits for divorce or judicial separation on the ground of adultery or unsoundness of mind or desertion, the court is not bound to pronounce a decree if it finds that the petitioner's wilful neglect or misconduct has conduced to the offence alleged.

1994 N.Y. Times 24 July iv. 1/5 Woe to the boy who combines misconduct with rotten grades; he is the likeliest of all to fall under professional observation.

2. Bad management; mismanagement; (spec. with regard to official or professional duties) malpractice; culpable neglect.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > ability > inability > unskilfulness > [noun] > unskilful management

misgovernancea1449

misexecution1535

misconveying1540

misgovernment1600

misdemeanour1641

misdirecting1647

mismanagement1659

malmanagement1675

mal-execution1689

misconduct1705

mismanage1705

mal-organization1841

1705 E. Ward Fair Shell ii. 35 If Rebels once succeed, Their boundless Pride does more Confusions breed, Than the worst Tyrant, or the weakest King, Can, by Misconduct, on a Nation bring.

1736 T. Lediard Life Marlborough II. 357 This new Commander, by some unaccountable Misconduct,..suffer'd himself to be surprized.

1794 E. Burke Speech Impeachm. W. Hastings in Wks. (1827) VIII. 314 Whenever in any matter of money there is concealment, you must presume misconduct.

a1832 A. Polson Eng. Law in Encycl. Metrop. (1845) II. 813/2 Misconduct of officers of justice, being what the law terms malfeasance, that is, wrong-doing,—or culpable non-feasance.

1863 H. Cox Inst. Eng. Govt. iii. ii. 599 Censure..of ministers of the Crown for misconduct of diplomatic affairs.

1944 H. G. Wells '42 to '44 76 The misconduct of the war from Munich onwards.

1991 Daily Tel. 5 Jan. 2/3 Two senior officers with West Wiltshire District Council were dismissed for ‘gross misconduct’ yesterday.

Compounds

misconduct penalty n. Ice Hockey a penalty requiring a player to leave the ice for ten minutes, during which time a substitution is permitted; cf. major penalty n. at major adj. and n.¹ Compounds, minor penalty n. at minor adj. and n. Compounds 2.

ΚΠ

1961 J. S. Salak Dict. Amer. Sports 287 Misconduct penalty, a 10-minute suspension from the game, substitution permissible.

1975 Oxf. Compan. Sports & Games 516 A misconduct penalty of ten minutes is imposed for such offences as using abusive language.

1994 Bonnyville (Alberta) Nouvelle 15 Nov. a7/1 Although the team only had 10 minor and one misconduct penalties, those included three roughing after the whistle penalties.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

misconductv.

Brit.

/ˌmɪskənˈdʌkt/, U.S.

/ˌmɪskənˈdəkt/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: mis- prefix¹, conduct v.

Etymology: < mis- prefix¹ + conduct v. Compare Middle French se mesconduire to lead astray (c1525 in an isolated attestation), French se méconduire (1840 in sense 2; now chiefly in Belgian use). Compare earlier misconduct n.

1. transitive. To conduct (an activity, etc.) improperly; to mismanage.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > ability > inability > unskilfulness > be unskilled in [verb (transitive)] > manage unskilfully

misleadc1225

misrulea1393

misgovernc1400

miscook?1507

mishandle1530

maladminister1649

mismanage1692

misconduct1755

1755 S. Johnson Dict. Eng. Lang. To misconduct, to manage amiss; to carry on wrong.

1794 E. Burke Speech against W. Hastings in Wks. (1827) VIII. 125 The administration misconducted the people oppressed.

1885 Law Times 78 167/1 The second [sale], though not misconducted, had not realised the value of the property.

1896 Econ. Jrnl. 6 272 Business being conducted by a public crowd, or rather, I ought perhaps to say, misconducted.

1939 Jrnl. Mod. Hist. 11 8 She complained that Chantonnay had written to the pope..that she was misconducting the religious training of Charles IX.

2000 Rocky Mountain News (Denver) (Electronic ed.) 23 Sept. (headline) Sheriff's office misled public, misconducted search.

2. transitive (reflexive). To behave in an improper or unprofessional manner.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > behave badly [verb (reflexive)]

misbearc1300

misguyc1375

misleada1393

misrulea1393

misgovernc1400

misordera1450

misbehave1475

misdemeana1525

mishave1528

misuse1532

dismeanor1598

misdemeanour1620

misconduct1812

1812 Parl. Papers II in C. M. H. Clark Select Documents Austral. Hist. (1950) III. 120 Should the convicts misconduct themselves at their work, the superintendents have no power of inflicting punishment.

1860 Sat. Rev. 9 12/1 A clergyman who is inclined to misconduct himself will prefer to do so in somebody else's parish.

1883 Law Rep.: Queen's Bench Div. 11 596 A barrister may be..reprimanded by the judge if he misconducts himself in court.

1922 J. Joyce Ulysses ii. xii. [Cyclops] 310 Belle in her bloomers misconducting herself.

1979 Daily Tel. 10 Feb. 1/4 It is a criminal offence to misconduct yourself at the polls or to prevent anyone from voting.

1999 E. Afr. Standard (Nairobi) 18 Oct. 3/5 The magistrate misconducted herself by delaying to rule on the application for stay of an order..to exhume the body.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	misconduct
释义	misconductn. Brit. /ˌmɪsˈkɒndʌkt/, U.S. /ˌmɪsˈkɑndəkt/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: mis- prefix¹, conduct n.¹ Etymology: < mis- prefix¹ + conduct n.¹The 1775 ed. of Robert Baillie's Lett. includes ‘misconduct’ in a letter of 23 Sept. 1639 (I. 183): this is a misreading of ‘miscontent’ (see 1841 ed., I. 219). 1. a. In plural. Instances of unacceptable or improper conduct or behaviour. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > [noun] > instance of misbehaviour1486 misdemeanoura1513 miscarriage1579 misconducts1697 the mind > goodness and badness > wrongdoing > misbehaviour > [noun] > instance of unthrift1303 misbreydec1380 misdemeanoura1513 misordera1538 miscarriage1579 delinquishment1593 delinquency1603 misconducts1697 society > morality > moral evil > wrong conduct > [noun] > instance of misconducts1697 1697 J. Norris Treat. Several Subj. (1698) 240 I would fain know, whether any of these Misconducts of Life be..more unrelating to our grand Concern [etc.]. 1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 256. ¶4 Such as are guilty..of the same Slips or Misconducts in their own Behaviour. 1771 O. Goldsmith Hist. Eng. I. 106 His misconducts were incurable. 1857 T. P. Thompson Audi Alteram Partem (1858) I. iii. 8 All malpractices and misconducts shall be smothered by the exercise of brute force at our expense. 1988 Community Devel. Jrnl. 23 231 The..United Nations Centre of Transnational Corporations..has documented several misconducts on the part of TNCs involved in the manufacture..of hazardous products. b. Improper or unacceptable conduct or behaviour. Frequently, esp. in Law (euphemistic): adultery or other illicit sexual activity. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > [noun] abominationc1350 misgovernancec1375 misleadinga1387 misusing1395 misbearinga1400 misordinancea1400 misruling?a1425 misgovernail?a1439 misdraughtc1450 misgovernmentc1450 misbehaving1451 misguiding1480 misbehaviour1486 misdemeaning1487 misgoverning1487 misdemeanoura1513 misordera1513 misordering1526 misusage1532 misnurturea1540 misdemean1579 miscarriage1594 misguide1596 demeanour1681 misconduct1717 the mind > goodness and badness > wrongdoing > misbehaviour > [noun] misgovernancec1375 misleadinga1387 misusing1395 misbearinga1400 misordinancea1400 misdraughtc1450 misgovernmentc1450 misbehaving1451 misguiding1480 misbehaviour1486 misdemeaning1487 misgoverning1487 miscraft1496 demerit1509 misuse1509 misdemeanoura1513 misordera1513 misordering1526 misusage1532 misdemean1579 miscarriage1594 misguide1596 delinquency1603 demeanour1681 misconduct1717 society > morality > moral evil > wrong conduct > [noun] fiend-thewsc1275 misgovernancec1375 misusing1395 misrule?1406 misgovernmentc1450 misguiding1480 thowlessness1489 miscraft1496 demerit1509 misuse1509 misdemeanoura1513 prevarication1561 misguide1596 malconduct1684 misconduct1717 malversation1752 misdealing1851 1717 C. Bullock Woman is Riddle ii. 27 Will you persevere in your Errors, still be blind to your Misconduct? 1792 tr. J.-J. Rousseau in M. Wollstonecraft Vindic. Rights Woman v. 184 The perverseness and ill-nature of the women only serve to aggravate..the misconduct of their husbands. 1869 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest III. xii. 111 Stirred up by the misconduct of their eldest son. 1879 J. R. Blakiston Teacher 6 When a teacher feels his temper ruffled by a child's misconduct. 1959 Earl Jowitt & C. Walsh Dict. Eng. Law I. 447/1 In suits for divorce or judicial separation on the ground of adultery or unsoundness of mind or desertion, the court is not bound to pronounce a decree if it finds that the petitioner's wilful neglect or misconduct has conduced to the offence alleged. 1994 N.Y. Times 24 July iv. 1/5 Woe to the boy who combines misconduct with rotten grades; he is the likeliest of all to fall under professional observation. 2. Bad management; mismanagement; (spec. with regard to official or professional duties) malpractice; culpable neglect. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > ability > inability > unskilfulness > [noun] > unskilful management misgovernancea1449 misexecution1535 misconveying1540 misgovernment1600 misdemeanour1641 misdirecting1647 mismanagement1659 malmanagement1675 mal-execution1689 misconduct1705 mismanage1705 mal-organization1841 1705 E. Ward Fair Shell ii. 35 If Rebels once succeed, Their boundless Pride does more Confusions breed, Than the worst Tyrant, or the weakest King, Can, by Misconduct, on a Nation bring. 1736 T. Lediard Life Marlborough II. 357 This new Commander, by some unaccountable Misconduct,..suffer'd himself to be surprized. 1794 E. Burke Speech Impeachm. W. Hastings in Wks. (1827) VIII. 314 Whenever in any matter of money there is concealment, you must presume misconduct. a1832 A. Polson Eng. Law in Encycl. Metrop. (1845) II. 813/2 Misconduct of officers of justice, being what the law terms malfeasance, that is, wrong-doing,—or culpable non-feasance. 1863 H. Cox Inst. Eng. Govt. iii. ii. 599 Censure..of ministers of the Crown for misconduct of diplomatic affairs. 1944 H. G. Wells '42 to '44 76 The misconduct of the war from Munich onwards. 1991 Daily Tel. 5 Jan. 2/3 Two senior officers with West Wiltshire District Council were dismissed for ‘gross misconduct’ yesterday. Compounds misconduct penalty n. Ice Hockey a penalty requiring a player to leave the ice for ten minutes, during which time a substitution is permitted; cf. major penalty n. at major adj. and n.¹ Compounds, minor penalty n. at minor adj. and n. Compounds 2. ΚΠ 1961 J. S. Salak Dict. Amer. Sports 287 Misconduct penalty, a 10-minute suspension from the game, substitution permissible. 1975 Oxf. Compan. Sports & Games 516 A misconduct penalty of ten minutes is imposed for such offences as using abusive language. 1994 Bonnyville (Alberta) Nouvelle 15 Nov. a7/1 Although the team only had 10 minor and one misconduct penalties, those included three roughing after the whistle penalties. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). misconductv. Brit. /ˌmɪskənˈdʌkt/, U.S. /ˌmɪskənˈdəkt/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: mis- prefix¹, conduct v. Etymology: < mis- prefix¹ + conduct v. Compare Middle French se mesconduire to lead astray (c1525 in an isolated attestation), French se méconduire (1840 in sense 2; now chiefly in Belgian use). Compare earlier misconduct n. 1. transitive. To conduct (an activity, etc.) improperly; to mismanage. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > ability > inability > unskilfulness > be unskilled in [verb (transitive)] > manage unskilfully misleadc1225 misrulea1393 misgovernc1400 miscook?1507 mishandle1530 maladminister1649 mismanage1692 misconduct1755 1755 S. Johnson Dict. Eng. Lang. To misconduct, to manage amiss; to carry on wrong. 1794 E. Burke Speech against W. Hastings in Wks. (1827) VIII. 125 The administration misconducted the people oppressed. 1885 Law Times 78 167/1 The second [sale], though not misconducted, had not realised the value of the property. 1896 Econ. Jrnl. 6 272 Business being conducted by a public crowd, or rather, I ought perhaps to say, misconducted. 1939 Jrnl. Mod. Hist. 11 8 She complained that Chantonnay had written to the pope..that she was misconducting the religious training of Charles IX. 2000 Rocky Mountain News (Denver) (Electronic ed.) 23 Sept. (headline) Sheriff's office misled public, misconducted search. 2. transitive (reflexive). To behave in an improper or unprofessional manner. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > behave badly [verb (reflexive)] misbearc1300 misguyc1375 misleada1393 misrulea1393 misgovernc1400 misordera1450 misbehave1475 misdemeana1525 mishave1528 misuse1532 dismeanor1598 misdemeanour1620 misconduct1812 1812 Parl. Papers II in C. M. H. Clark Select Documents Austral. Hist. (1950) III. 120 Should the convicts misconduct themselves at their work, the superintendents have no power of inflicting punishment. 1860 Sat. Rev. 9 12/1 A clergyman who is inclined to misconduct himself will prefer to do so in somebody else's parish. 1883 Law Rep.: Queen's Bench Div. 11 596 A barrister may be..reprimanded by the judge if he misconducts himself in court. 1922 J. Joyce Ulysses ii. xii. [Cyclops] 310 Belle in her bloomers misconducting herself. 1979 Daily Tel. 10 Feb. 1/4 It is a criminal offence to misconduct yourself at the polls or to prevent anyone from voting. 1999 E. Afr. Standard (Nairobi) 18 Oct. 3/5 The magistrate misconducted herself by delaying to rule on the application for stay of an order..to exhume the body. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1697v.1755
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