- Improper conduct - Medical misconduct - Evil practice; illegal or immoral conduct; practice
contrary to established rules; specifically, the treatment of a case by
a surgeon or physician in a manner which is contrary to accepted rules
and productive of unfavorable results.
- A defect - Fault - Mark against one's record - Mark for misconduct - Misconduct mark - That which one merits or deserves, either of good or ill;
desert. - That which deserves blame; ill desert; a fault; a vice;
misconduct; -- the opposite of merit.