misbehavior

English

Alternative forms

• (UK, Commonwealth) misbehaviour

Etymology

From mis- +‎ behavior.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˌmɪsbəˈheɪvjɚ/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌmɪsbəˈheɪvjə/

• Audio (US):

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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

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