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mispronunciation collapse: incorrect pronunciation

misappropriation collapse: wrongful borrowing; "his explanation was a misappropriation of sociological theory"

mishandling collapse

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

desecration collapse

profanation collapse: degradation of something worthy of respect; cheapening; blasphemous behavior; the act of depriving something of its sacred character; "desecration of the Holy Sabbath"

pilfering collapse

spoonerism collapse: transposition of initial consonants in a pair of words

embezzlement collapse: the fraudulent appropriation of funds or property entrusted to your care but actually owned by someone else

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"

defalcation collapse: the sum of money that is misappropriated

malapropism collapse: the unintentional misuse of a word by confusion with one that sounds similar

prostitution collapse: offering sexual intercourse for pay

solecism collapse

barbarism collapse

pollution collapse: undesirable state of the natural environment being contaminated with harmful substances as a consequence of human activities

misconstruction collapse: an ungrammatical constituent

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

malfeasance collapse: wrongful conduct by a public official

misapplication collapse: wrong use or application

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

infelicity collapse: inappropriate and unpleasing manner or style (especially manner or style of expression)

misuse collapse: improper or excessive use

fluff collapse: a blunder (especially an actor's forgetting the lines); any light downy material

violation collapse: an act that disregards an agreement or a right; "he claimed a violation of his rights under the Fifth Amendment"

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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