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ill-behaved

British  

adjective

  1. poorly behaved; lacking good manners

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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

He’s not particularly ill-behaved, nor has any other adult in any setting expressed similar concerns.

From Slate • Dec. 2, 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

Instead, the lawsuit alleges, consumers received ill-behaved Labrador retriever puppies that were “little more than expensive pets.”

From Seattle Times • May 9, 2018

Those under age were further sub-divided, according to their moral qualities, into well-behaved, and ill-behaved, and the latter were unconditionally debarred from admission, 'good behaviour' being a fundamental principle of the club constitution.

From The Serapion Brethren, Vol. I. by Hoffmann, Ernst Theodor Wilhelm