as in misconduct
improper or illegal behavior
would not tolerate any misbehavior from her students
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Recent Examples of misbehavior
Schools can reject a student for lots of reasons, including poor grades or a previous record of misbehavior.
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Cory Turner, NPR, 23 May 2025
Alpha lives alone with her unnamed mother (Golshifteh Farahani), a doctor who works at a nearby hospital as well as out of an office in their apartment and who is increasingly exasperated by her daughter’s budding teenager misbehavior.
—Alison Willmore, Vulture, 21 May 2025
Giving them enough exercise and mental stimulation can help prevent misbehavior.
—Maria Azzurra Volpe, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 May 2025
At the same time, there were reports that some schools were not properly documenting serious misbehavior – hiding high or disparate rates of discipline.
—F. Chris Curran, The Conversation, 30 Apr. 2025
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Cory Turner, NPR, 23 May 2025
Alpha lives alone with her unnamed mother (Golshifteh Farahani), a doctor who works at a nearby hospital as well as out of an office in their apartment and who is increasingly exasperated by her daughter’s budding teenager misbehavior.
—Alison Willmore, Vulture, 21 May 2025
Giving them enough exercise and mental stimulation can help prevent misbehavior.
—Maria Azzurra Volpe, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 May 2025
At the same time, there were reports that some schools were not properly documenting serious misbehavior – hiding high or disparate rates of discipline.
—F. Chris Curran, The Conversation, 30 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for misbehavior
Noun
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The response made mention of the allegations against Fleming of misconduct.—
Jackson Thompson,
FOXNews.com,
30 June 2025
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The county’s voters in March passed Measure A, which granted the supervisors the ability to oust Sheriff Christina Corpus for misconduct.—
Mercury News Editorial,
Mercury News,
27 June 2025
Noun
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Users deny wrongdoing As Broadcom works to ensure that people aren’t using VMware outside its terms, some suggest that the semiconductor giant is wasting some time by investigating organizations that aren’t violating agreements.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
26 June 2025
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But Catherine Butler, vice president of communications for CPCC, said that the settlement is not an admission of wrongdoing by the school.—
Maia Nehme,
Charlotte Observer,
25 June 2025
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“Misbehavior.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/misbehavior. Accessed 10 Jul. 2025.
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