misconduct
noun
improper or wrong behavior.
has misconducted
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present perfectof misconduct (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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If he has misconducted himself, the unhappy fellow, there have been many excuses for it!
From Fruitfulness by Ernest Alfred Vizetelly
It is usual when any member has misconducted himself, to appoint a small committee to visit the offender, to endeavour to convince him of his error and induce him to forsake it.
From Christian Sects in the Nineteenth Century by Caroline Frances Cornwallis
"Nechutes has misconducted himself," she objected, "and I would not be left alone with him."
From The Yoke A Romance of the Days when the Lord Redeemed the Children of Israel from the Bondage of Egypt by Elizabeth Miller
And if she were to leave it, why should she go with a woman that has misconducted herself?”
From The Claverings by Anthony Trollope
But I cannot face her and tell her that the man she is going to marry has misconducted himself.
From Howards End by E. M. (Edward Morgan) Forster
