misdeed

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If you're going to ping someone for a misdeed, don't turn around and do it yourself.

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That which was done that should not have been, ranging from any sin or moral offense to various degrees of crime.

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noun

That which was done that should not have been, ranging from any sin or moral offense to various degrees of crime.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for misdeed.

noun

That which was done that should not have been, ranging from any sin or moral offense to various degrees of crime.

Example sentences

If you're going to ping someone for a misdeed, don't turn around and do it yourself.

So often our reaction to a failing or misdeed is condemnation and to ostracize the person.

It said that my vehicle had gone through a toll booth without paying and provided photographic evidence of my misdeed.

If it comes from a site claiming it was under a licence when it was not, the misdeed is done by the person who provided the version carrying the licence.

And of course there's the plain refusal of accepting that any misdeed was ever done.

Sitting on the fence pretending like both parties are equal is a great misdeed sometimes.

I can't help noting that guilt is used here to set up a negative association with a past misdeed.

People should be able to donate to what they want to, and one 'misdeed' (which is arguable) should not undo every good deed.

Frankly, I found that to be a naive and weak attempt and preemptively absolving themselves of their own misdeed.

Three square meals a day and some downtime to plan your next misdeed.

The machine works (or used to work) in such precision, that after exactly 24 hours an epiphany about the misdeed and death occur simultaneously.

Not sure why this is relevant - is being cheated out of second place less of a misdeed than being cheated out of first?

Quote examples

Essentially this means that virtually any "misdeed" on the part of a western government will come out over time, whereas there will be no such evidence or a wider discussion over what Putin is doing.

I don't consider running a "Nessus scan" such a huge misdeed.

As others have pointed out, the "battle" is actually against both usage 1 and 2: the original meaning[1] is to kill only 10% of a legion (etc) as punishment for some misdeed.

Taking the teeth out of a threat that's largely posed by public opinion is vastly easier when you can convince said public that the source of the threat is of impeachable character or distract them with some flaw or misdeed; people will happily fill in "well, he's kind of a sleazeball, so to hell with him" from there.