misconduct
noun
improper or wrong behavior.
have misconducted
-
present perfectof misconduct.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
Papa, it is because I have misconducted myself.
From A Simpleton by Charles Reade
Not that I have the vaguest notion as to how I have misconducted myself.
From Rossmoyne by Unknown
His defense was an alibi, an attempt, that is, to prove that he was elsewhere on the night when he was alleged to have misconducted himself at Rome.
From Roman life in the days of Cicero by Alfred John Church
"Do not wake her yet," answered Ulysses, "but tell the women who have misconducted themselves to come to me."
From The Odyssey Rendered into English prose for the use of those who cannot read the original by Samuel Butler
It would be quite impossible for any one present to have misconducted himself in the manner in which the holder of those letters, Mr. Reynolds, accuses you of having done.
From The Conqueror by Gertrude Franklin Horn Atherton
