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nonfeasance: 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

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misguidance collapse

loose ends collapse

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

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

mishandling collapse

inobservance collapse

nonfulfillment collapse

nonperformance collapse

misdeed collapse

felony collapse: a serious crime (such as murder or arson)

tort collapse: (law) any wrongdoing for which an action for damages may be brought

peccadillo 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"

iniquity collapse: absence of moral or spiritual values; "the powers of darkness"

noninterference collapse

inadvertence 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

crime collapse: (criminal law) an act punishable by law; usually considered an evil act; "a long record of crimes"; an evil act not necessarily punishable by law; "crimes of the heart"

permissiveness collapse: a disposition to allow freedom of choice and behavior

noncompliance collapse

genocide collapse: systematic killing of a racial or cultural group

laxness collapse: the quality of being lax and neglectful; the condition of being physiologically lax; "baths can help the laxness of the bowels"

misdemeanor collapse: a crime less serious than a felony

inattention collapse: lack of attention

transgression collapse: the action of going beyond or overstepping some boundary or limit; the act of transgressing; the violation of a law or a duty or moral principle; "the boy was punished for the transgressions of his father"; the spreading of the sea over land as evidenced by the deposition of marine strata over terrestrial strata

procrastination collapse: the act of procrastinating; putting off or delaying or defering an action to a later time

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

malfeasance collapse: wrongful conduct by a public official

laxity collapse

sin collapse: an act that is regarded by theologians as a transgression of God's will; violent and excited activity; "they began to fight like sin"; estrangement from god; the 21st letter of the Hebrew alphabet; (Akkadian) god of the moon; counterpart of Sumerian Nanna; commit a sin; violate a law of God or a moral law; commit a faux pas or a fault or make a serious mistake; "I blundered during the job interview"

dereliction collapse: willful negligence

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"

injustice collapse: an unjust act; the practice of being unjust or unfair

oversight collapse: a mistake resulting from inattention; an unintentional omission resulting from failure to notice something

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

delinquency collapse: an antisocial misdeed in violation of the law by a minor; a tendency to be negligent and uncaring; "he inherited his delinquency from his father"; "his derelictions were not really intended as crimes"; "his adolescent protest consisted of willful neglect of all his responsibilities"; nonpayment of a debt when due

looseness collapse: movement or space for movement; "there was too much play in the steering wheel"; the quality of movability by virtue of being free from attachment or other restraints; a lack of strict accuracy; laxity of practice; "misunderstandings can often be traced to a looseness of expression"; freedom from restraint; "the flexibility and looseness of the materials from which mythology is made"

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