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Meaning of Malfeasance | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1
ˌmælˈfiːzəns

Definitions

  1. Wrongdoing.
  2. Misconduct or wrongdoing, especially by a public official and causing damage.

Equivalents

Examples

“For starters, back-burnering malfeasance, usually in the form of graft, risks repeating the kind of disastrous mistakes that the United States made in Afghanistan.”
“By then, Mr. Altman had gathered more allies. Mr. Nadella, now confident that Mr. Altman was not guilty of malfeasance, threw Microsoft’s weight behind him.”

CEFR level

C1
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This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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