as in violated
to manage badly
misconducted the polar expedition and paid for his mistakes with his life
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for misconducted
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Last week, retired Santa Clara County Superior Court Judge James Emerson released his 42-page advisory opinion that preceded the board’s vote, finding that Corpus violated conflict-of-interest laws and retaliated against deputies who challenged her authority.—
Ryan Macasero,
Mercury News,
16 Oct. 2025 -
On October 7th, a federal judge agreed that ICE had violated the terms of the decree.—
Geraldo Cadava,
New Yorker,
16 Oct. 2025
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Avoid cans that are damaged, dented, bulging, or leaking.—
Merve Ceylan,
Health,
14 Oct. 2025
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Adding mulch too early when temperatures are still warm traps heat and tricks plant roots to remain active and produce new growth that can be damaged by cold temperatures.—
Mary Marlowe Leverette,
Southern Living,
14 Oct. 2025
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She had been abused as a child and suffered from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).—
Marni Rose McFall,
MSNBC Newsweek,
13 Oct. 2025
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For over a year, it was then used and abused for testing, much of it on Ferrari’s Fiorano track.—
Erik Shilling,
Robb Report,
13 Oct. 2025
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The result is a society that feels both rule-bound and misruled, saturated with laws and yet strangely lawless.—
Joshua Rothman,
New Yorker,
9 Sep. 2025
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Pitcher Orion Kerkering mishandled a comebacker, opting to throw home instead of first with the bases loaded and two outs.—
Melinda Yao,
NBC news,
11 Oct. 2025
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Trump claimed Comey mishandled a 2016 probe into Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton’s private email server, but Comey also refused to pledge loyalty to the president.—
Douglas M. Charles,
The Conversation,
3 Oct. 2025
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“Misconducted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/misconducted. Accessed 19 Oct. 2025.
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