ill-behaved
Britishadjective
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On the heels of scandalous antics by Hollywood’s newly rich and ill-behaved, and to fend off outside regulation, Hays was brought in as the morals cop.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 8, 2023
We love dogs, but aside from our finding the reply to be presumptuous, their dog jumps on the furniture and is generally ill-behaved.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 22, 2021
Timothy may grow out of this, he may be more ill-behaved in unfamiliar places, etc.
From Slate ● Mar. 9, 2020
Splendid as the established cast is, the younger actors are equally engrossing, particularly Eliza Scanlen's dangerously ill-behaved and duplicitous Amma, Camille’s 15-year-old half-sister.
From Salon ● Jul. 7, 2018
The latter would certainly laugh at her; but, after all, the accident had been her fault, for if she had not been so ill-behaved about the Enemy and the basket, it would not have happened.
From Susan A Story for Children by Amy Walton
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