misbehavior

English

Alternative forms

• (UK, Commonwealth) misbehaviour

Etymology

From mis- +‎ behavior.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌmɪsbɪˈheɪvjə(ɹ)/, /ˌmɪsbəˈheɪvjə/
• (General American, Canada) IPA^(key): /ˌmɪsbɪˈheɪvjɚ/, /ˌmɪsbəˈheɪvjɚ/

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• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /ˌmɪsbɪˈhæɪvjə(ɹ)/
• (Indic) IPA^(key): /ˌmɪsbɪˈheːvɪjɚ/

Noun

misbehavior (countable and uncountable, plural misbehaviors)

1. (American spelling) Action or conduct that is inappropriate, improper, incorrect, or unexpected.

   The teacher did not tolerate misbehavior in his classroom.

Synonyms

• (inappropriate conduct): misconduct, errancy

Translations

conduct that is inappropriate

Bulgarian: лошо държание (lošo dǎržanie) Chinese: Mandarin: 不當行為, 不当行为 (bùdàng xíngwéi), 行為不端, 行为不端 (xíngwéi bùduān), 不良行为, 不良行為 (bùliáng xíngwéi) Danish: dårlig opførsel c Dutch: wangedrag (nl) n Finnish: huono käytös French: inconduite (fr) f German: schlechtes Benehmen n Hungarian: illetlen viselkedés (hu) Italian: illecito (it), scorrettezza (it), comportamento scorretto, cattiva condotta Japanese: 不正行為 (ふせいこうい, fusei kōi), 違法行為 (ja) (いほうこうい, ihō kōi) Malayalam: ദുസ്സ്വഭാവം (ml) (dussvabhāvaṁ) Norwegian: dårlig oppførsel m Polish: złe zachowanie n Portuguese: má conduta f Russian: недосто́йное поведе́ние n (nedostójnoje povedénije), просту́пок (ru) m (prostúpok), плохо́е поведе́ние n (ploxóje povedénije) Spanish: mal comportamiento m Swedish: misskötsamhet c Ukrainian: погана поведінка (pohana povedinka)

Anagrams

• behaviorism