misbehavior
[ mis-bi-heyv-yer ]
noun
improper, inappropriate, or bad behavior.
Origin of misbehavior
1- Also especially British, mis·be·hav·iour .
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How to use misbehavior in a sentence
It cannot be supposed that sexual misbehaviour was confined to the Hutt district.
Report of the Special Committee on Moral Delinquency in Children and Adolescents | Oswald Chettle Mazengarb et al.No inference can be drawn from any comparisons between sexual crime of adults and sexual misbehaviour among children.
Report of the Special Committee on Moral Delinquency in Children and Adolescents | Oswald Chettle Mazengarb et al.The precipitating causes are those which are closely related in time or circumstance to the actual misbehaviour.
Report of the Special Committee on Moral Delinquency in Children and Adolescents | Oswald Chettle Mazengarb et al.There was evidence that one girl had incited seven boys to sexual misbehaviour on the way home from a co-educational school.
Report of the Special Committee on Moral Delinquency in Children and Adolescents | Oswald Chettle Mazengarb et al.Gawdy had uttered no word of protest against the shameless misbehaviour of his Chief and the Attorney throughout the hearing.
Sir Walter Ralegh | William Stebbing
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