misdoing

/mɪsdˈuɪŋ/ noun

An act of wrongdoing; a misdeed.

Word Origin Misdoing is a simple Old English compound: 'mis-' meaning 'wrong, astray' and 'doing' from 'dōn' 'to do.' The PIE root *dheh- 'to set, put' gives us 'do,' 'deed,' and even 'doom' (originally 'judgment, thing set'). So a misdoing is literally a 'wrongly set deed.' The -ing makes it a noun of action. Related words like 'undo' and 'redo' show the same root at work.

noun An act of wrongdoing; a misdeed. countable

Forging documents was just one of his many misdoings that came to light.

(名词) 恶行;过错 【错误行径;恶行】

伪造文件只是他被揭露的众多不当行为之一。

(sustantivo) Un acto de mala conducta; una fechoría.

La falsificación de documentos era solo una de sus muchas fechorías que salieron a la luz.

(nom) méfait; mauvaise action; faute; transgression; forfait [Méfait, faute, action coupable commise par quelqu'un.]

Falsifier des documents n'était que l'un de ses nombreux misdoings mis au jour.

(Substantiv) Vergehen; Missetat; Fehlverhalten [Eine Handlung, die als falsch, unrecht oder moralisch verwerflich angesehen wird.]

Die Fälschung von Dokumenten war nur eine seiner vielen **misdoings**, die ans Licht kamen.

(名詞) 悪事を働くこと。不正行為。

書類の偽造は、明るみに出た彼の多くの不正行為のほんの一例に過ぎなかった。

(substantivo) transgressão; delito; maldade; má ação; falta [Um ato de maldade; uma transgressão; um delito.]

Falsificar documentos era apenas uma de suas muitas transgressões que vieram à tona.

verb present participle and gerund of misdo

He admitted to misdoing the financial reports for several quarters.

(动词) 正在做错事

他承认连续几个季度都在错误处理财务报告。

(verbo) participio presente y gerundio de misdo (hacer mal)

Admitió haber hecho mal los informes financieros durante varios trimestres.

(verbe) mal faisant; faisant mal; faisant incorrectement [Participe présent et gérondif du verbe « to misdo » : mal faire, exécuter de manière incorrecte.]

Il a admis avoir misdoing les rapports financiers durant plusieurs trimestres.

(Verb) sich vergehen; Unrecht tun [Partizip Präsens und Gerundium von *misdo*: etwas falsch oder unrechtmäßig tun.]

Er gab zu, die Finanzberichte über mehrere Quartale **misdoing** zu haben.

(動詞) 「misdo(誤って行う、悪いことをする)」の現在分詞・動名詞形。

彼は何四半期にもわたり財務報告を誤って作成していたことを認めた。

(verbo) fazendo mal; fazendo errado; agindo mal; errando [particípio presente e gerúndio de misdo (fazer incorretamente, fazer mal).]

Ele admitiu ter feito incorretamente os relatórios financeiros por vários trimestres.

Word parts: mis + do + ing

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