malpractice
Americannoun
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Law. failure of a professional person, as a physician or lawyer, to render proper services through reprehensible ignorance or negligence or through criminal intent, especially when injury or loss follows.
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any improper, negligent practice; misconduct or misuse.
noun
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immoral, illegal, or unethical professional conduct or neglect of professional duty
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any instance of improper professional conduct
Other Word Forms
- malpractitioner noun
Etymology
Origin of malpractice
Example Sentences
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But I’d be more thankful if the good doctor got fired and went back to his medieval medical malpractice.
From Salon
“The Beast in Me” is especially good, but it’s got Claire Danes and Matthew Rhys, and there would have had to have been some serious malpractice behind the camera for it to be otherwise.
From Los Angeles Times
"It represents a grave error of judgement and an insult to all those who fought tirelessly for truth and justice in the face of decades of institutional failure and media malpractice," he said.
From BBC
"Botox is safe when used properly - but the checks exist for a reason," said Cheryl Barton, lead nurse at the Aesthetika clinic near Sheffield, who often gives expert evidence in malpractice cases.
From BBC
Maybe this explains the creator’s choice to make the towering media malpractice that cemented Knox’s infamy a minor character as opposed to the acid geyser etching her supposed malice into our collective memory.
From Salon
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