How to Use misfeasance in a Sentence

misfeasance

noun

• The Times argued that its woeful misfeasance was not willful.
  — Andrew C. McCarthy, National Review, 26 Feb. 2022
• Pringle, who acknowledges being an anonymous source for that story, cites it as evidence of Maharaj’s misfeasance on the USC story.
  — Paul Farhi, Washington Post, 29 July 2022
• That is a separate process guided by state law, which says a council member must show malfeasance, misfeasance or unfitness for office to be removed.
  — Tessa Weinberg and Phillip M. Bailey, The Courier-Journal, 26 June 2017
• That is a separate process guided by state law, which says a council member must show malfeasance, misfeasance or unfitness for office in order to be removed.
  — Phillip M. Bailey, The Courier-Journal, 22 June 2017
• But the lawsuit claims that’s exactly what Georgia has created through a combination of misfeasance and malfeasance.
  — P.r. Lockhart, Vox, 30 Nov. 2018
• DiChiro interviewed several witnesses to show that Jaros was guilty of gross misconduct, misfeasance in office, conflict of interest and bias during his time acting as a member of the commission.
  — Mark Holan/special To Cleveland.com, cleveland.com, 23 May 2017
• The institution is one of the largest banks in the U.S. and an ongoing source of some difficult to differentiate apparent combination of misfeasance, nonfeasance, and malfeasance.
  — Erik Sherman, Forbes, 28 Sep. 2021
• However, Albertson ruled that misfeasance and nonfeasance are not listed as crimes under Virginia’s state code, according to attorneys for the defendants.
  — Antonio Olivo, Washington Post, 29 Oct. 2019
• In fact, today the UAW announced significant accounting changes and financial controls that will tighten up our procedures and prevent future misfeasance.
  — Eric D. Lawrence, Detroit Free Press, 3 Dec. 2019
• Reasons for removal could include abuse of power, neglect, gross immorality, drunkenness, misfeasance, malfeasance or nonfeasance, according to Ohio law.
  — Madeline Mitchell, The Enquirer, 9 May 2022
• Alarm bells, after all, signal underlying misfeasance . . .
  — Andrew C. McCarthy, National Review, 24 Aug. 2020
• The Florida constitution gives governors authority to suspend public officials for malfeasance, misfeasance, commission of a felony or neglect of duty.
  — Glenn Garvin, miamiherald, 27 Feb. 2018
• Grounds for removal are: exercising unlawful power or authority, gross neglect of duty, gross immorality, drunkenness, misfeasance, malfeasance and nonfeasance.
  — James Ewinger, cleveland.com, 28 Apr. 2018

Last Updated: 7 Aug 2024