misbehave
verb (used without object)
to behave badly or improperly.
misbehaves
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present tense formof misbehave (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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Forty-seven years later, we see artificial intelligence making such decisions with too little thought from the humans who will likely have to accept the financial fallout if the model misbehaves.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026
The act also says anyone who “shamefully casts away his arms, ammunition, tools, or equipment or misbehaves in such manner as to show cowardice in the presence of the enemy” faces the same penalty.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 24, 2024
Discipline is about teaching children how to behave, communicate and regulate their emotions, not, for example, losing your temper when a child misbehaves.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 29, 2022
In addition, he said he wanted to see an end to Section 21 evictions, which occur when a tenant misbehaves or the landlord wishes to stop renting.
From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2022
See, safe through shoal and rock, How they follow in a flock; Not a ship that misbehaves, not a keel that grates the ground, Not a spar that comes to grief!
From Selections from the Poems and Plays of Robert Browning by Myra Reynolds
