as in to disobey
to behave badly
scolded the children for misbehaving and sent them to bed early
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Recent Examples of misbehave
These have almost exclusively been in carefully contrived experiments that almost beg the AI to misbehave—for example, by asking it to pursue its goal at all costs.
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Harry Booth, Time, 3 June 2025
Thankfully, the family lives right next door to Poppa's massive home — giving them somewhere to send their misbehaving kids.
—Shania Russell, EW.com, 22 Apr. 2025
Zico Kolter has a knack for getting artificial intelligence to misbehave in interesting and important ways.
—Will Knight, Wired News, 9 Apr. 2025
And thanks to the survey, conducted between October 22 and 28, pet parents might give a sigh of relief that their animal isn't the only one that misbehaves.
—John Mac Ghlionn, Newsweek, 14 Jan. 2025
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Harry Booth, Time, 3 June 2025
Thankfully, the family lives right next door to Poppa's massive home — giving them somewhere to send their misbehaving kids.
—Shania Russell, EW.com, 22 Apr. 2025
Zico Kolter has a knack for getting artificial intelligence to misbehave in interesting and important ways.
—Will Knight, Wired News, 9 Apr. 2025
And thanks to the survey, conducted between October 22 and 28, pet parents might give a sigh of relief that their animal isn't the only one that misbehaves.
—John Mac Ghlionn, Newsweek, 14 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for misbehave
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Boasberg previously found probable cause to hold the Trump administration in criminal contempt for willfully disobeying his order to immediately halt deportations.—
Rebecca Beitsch,
The Hill,
28 July 2025
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Jessica Leslie agreed to plead guilty to a charge of criminal contempt that accused her of willfully disobeying court rules against disclosure of grand jury information.—
Aaron Katersky,
ABC News,
15 July 2025
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Determined to find a way out despite the painful testing and horrific consequences for rebelling.—
Aramide Tinubu,
Variety,
13 July 2025
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Were Susan and her brothers eager to rebel and create less commercial, more challenging music than their record company would allow?—
George Varga,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
9 July 2025
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“Misbehave.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/misbehave. Accessed 4 Aug. 2025.
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