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How to use misconduct in a sentence

20 example sentences · noun, verb

Misconduct means behavior that is considered to be unacceptable. Example: “The student was banned from using the university's computing resources for two weeks due to gross misconduct on the Internet.”

Examples of misconduct by meaning

nounBehavior that is considered to be unacceptable.

  • The student was banned from using the university's computing resources for two weeks due to gross misconduct on the Internet.

nounA penalty or write-up for improper behavior.

  • I have never received a misconduct for possessing or using drugs.1989 December 17, Edward Inman, “Disobeying An Order To Piss Lands Transsexual In Isolation”, in Gay Community News, volume 17, number 23...
  • Hartman was assessed a misconduct for abusive language, according to the game sheet.2024 March 31, Michael Russo, “Wild’s Ryan Hartman offered hearing for throwing stick in direction of officials”, in New York Times

More sentences with misconduct

  • They were ostracized for breaking the blue wall of silence about police misconduct.From the entry break silence
  • The doctor was struck off the medical register for professional misconduct.From the entry strike off
  • He was put out at the mere suggestion of misconduct.From the entry put out
  • She categorically denied all allegations of misconduct.From the entry categorically
  • Prosecutorial misconduct can lead to the lawyer's disbarment.From the entry prosecutorial
  • Joe was bowler hatted out of the R.A.F. for misconduct.From the entry bowler hat out
  • “The seriousness of respondent’s uncontroverted misconduct cannot be overstated,” the court wrote.2021 June 24, Jim Mustian, “New York court suspends Rudy Giuliani's law license”, in AP News. From the entry uncontroverted
  • Rare instances of misconduct or instances of irreproducibility are translated into concerns that science is broken.2015 June 26, Bruce Alberts, “Self-correction in science at work"”, in Science, volume 348, →DOI, pages 1420–1422. From the entry irreproducibility
  • The benchers also have the power to disbench and disbar for misconduct.1991, John H. Baker, The Inner Temple: A Brief Historical Description. From the entry disbench
  • Essex Leila Hilary Drury, formerly Miss Essex French, on the ground of misconduct.1935 March 12, “Mrs. E. L. Drury Divorced […]”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC. From the entry Essex
  • For years, he has inverted the politician’s playbook by saying the quiet part out loud and flaunting misconduct in public.2025 September 9, David Smith, “The president doth protest too much: Trump’s denial on Epstein is backfiring”, in The Guardian, →ISSN. From the entry say the quiet part out loud
  • In two of these studies, LWOP inmates had rates of prison misconduct that were equivalent to parole-eligible inmates.2008, Matt DeLisi, Peter John Conis, Violent Offenders: Theory, Research, Public Policy, and Practice, Jones & Bartlett Learning, →ISBN…. From the entry LWOP
  • But his respect went for a toss when he thought that Wamika might be using a platform like environment to cover up her misconduct.2021, Vivek, Against the Flow. From the entry go for a toss
  • A costly part of corporate settlements, monitorship agreements force companies to hire external counsel for years to ensure executives don’t repeat their misconduct.2014 October 15, Joel Schectman, “SEC Official:Company Reforms Can Make Monitorships Unneccesary^([sic])”, in Wall Street Journal. From the entry monitorship
  • King Charles has insisted “the law must take its course” after detectives took the unprecedented step of arresting his brother Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor on suspicion of misconduct in public office.2026 February 19, Jamie Grierson, Rajeev Syal, Vikram Dodd, “King says ‘law must take its course’ after Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor’s…. From the entry take its course
  • The ruling's succubustic adoption of the defense position, and resulting validation of the defendant's pseudohermaphroditic misconduct, prompt one to entertain reverse peristalsis unto its four corners.2019, Benjamin Pavone, COURT OF APPEAL OF CALIFORNIA, FOURTH APPELLATE DISTRICT, DIVISION THREE Martinez v. Stratton, 2019 BL 68434 (Cal.…. From the entry succubustic
  • The film briefly visits a “rubber room” in New York City where idle teachers accused of misconduct wait months and sometimes years for hearings while drawing full salaries.2010 September 23, Stephen Holden, “Movie Review: Waiting for 'Superman' (2010)”, in New York Times, retrieved 07 Aug 2014. From the entry rubber room

Meaning of misconduct

  1. noun Behavior that is considered to be unacceptable.
  2. noun A penalty or write-up for improper behavior.
  3. verb To mismanage.

Full definition of misconduct

Questions about misconduct in a sentence

How do you use misconduct in a sentence?
Misconduct is used as a noun and verb. For example: “The student was banned from using the university's computing resources for two weeks due to gross misconduct on the Internet.”
What is a short sentence with misconduct?
“She categorically denied all allegations of misconduct.”
What does misconduct mean?
Misconduct means behavior that is considered to be unacceptable.

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: misconduct (page history and authors) and the entries each sentence comes from. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws chose the sentences, left out offensive ones and quotations older than 1900, and marked the word in each. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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