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misdirection: incorrect directions or instructions; an incorrect charge to a jury given by a judge

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misrepresentation collapse: a misleading falsehood

misguidance collapse

torturing collapse

mismanagement collapse: management that is careless or inefficient; "he accomplished little due to the mismanagement of his energies"

mishandling collapse

misinterpretation collapse: putting the wrong interpretation on; "his misinterpretation of the question caused his error"; "there was no mistaking her meaning"

slanting collapse

misrule collapse

malpractice collapse: a wrongful act that the actor had no right to do; improper professional conduct; "he charged them with electoral malpractices"; professional wrongdoing that results in injury or damage; "the widow sued his surgeon for malpractice"

misleading collapse

wrongdoing collapse: activity that transgresses moral or civil law; "he denied any wrongdoing"

inexpedience collapse: the quality of being unsuited to the end in view

misconstruction collapse: an ungrammatical constituent

mystification collapse: the activity of obscuring people's understanding, leaving them baffled or bewildered; something designed to mystify or bewilder

misconduct collapse: bad or dishonest management by persons supposed to act on another's behalf

malfeasance collapse: wrongful conduct by a public official

nonfeasance collapse: a failure to act when under an obligation to do so; a refusal (without sufficient excuse) to do that which it is your legal duty to do

neglect collapse: the state of something that has been unused and neglected; "the house was in a terrible state of neglect"; leave undone or leave out; "How could I miss that typo?"; "The workers on the conveyor belt miss one out of ten"; fail to attend to; "he neglects his children"; give little or no attention to; "Disregard the errors"

straining collapse

misfeasance collapse: doing a proper act in a wrongful or injurious manner

misuse collapse: improper or excessive use

negligence collapse: failure to act with the prudence that a reasonable person would exercise under the same circumstances; the trait of neglecting responsibilities and lacking concern

sophistry collapse

perversion collapse: the action of perverting something (turning it to a wrong use); "it was a perversion of justice"; an aberrant sexual practice that is preferred to normal intercourse; a curve that reverses the direction of something; "the tendrils of the plant exhibited perversion"; "perversion also shows up in kinky telephone cords"

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