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Unethical vs Misconduct - What's the difference?

unethical | misconduct |

As an adjective unethical

is not morally approvable; morally bad; not ethical.

As a noun misconduct is

bad behavior.

As a verb misconduct is

to mismanage.

unethical

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Not morally approvable; morally bad; not ethical.
    • The corporation was accused of unethical behavior for knowingly producing a product suspected of harming health.

    Antonyms

    * ethical

    misconduct

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (mis-) + (conduct) (noun)

    Noun

    (wikipedia misconduct) (en-noun)
  • Bad behavior.
    • The student was threatened with a £2000 fine and banned from using the university's computing resources for two weeks due to gross misconduct on the Internet.

    Etymology 2

    From (mis-) + (conduct) (verb)

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To mismanage.
  • # (reflexive) To misbehave.
  • He misconducted himself with a chorus girl, according to his wife.
  • (rare) To act improperly.