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单词 misdoing
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misdoingn.

Brit. /ˌmɪsˈduːɪŋ/, U.S. /ˌmɪsˈduɪŋ/
Forms: see mis- prefix1 and doing n.; also early Middle English misdonning (transmission error).
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: misdo v., -ing suffix1.
Etymology: < misdo v. + -ing suffix1.
1.
a. Wrongdoing, evildoing.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > goodness and badness > wrongdoing > [noun]
unrightOE
witec1175
misbodea1200
misguiltc1200
misdoinga1225
miss?c1225
trespassinga1340
forfeiturec1380
offensiona1382
crimec1384
abusion?1387
evil-doing1398
mistakinga1400
offendinga1425
transgression1426
wrongingc1449
digression1517
digressinga1535
transgressing1535
swerving1545
misdealing1571
transgress1578
misfaring1595
misacting1651
malpractice1739
malfeasance1856
wrongdoing1874
miscreance1972
society > morality > moral evil > wrong conduct > evildoing or wrongdoing > [noun]
sinc825
naughteOE
unnuteOE
sinningc1000
unrightOE
un-i-selthlOE
wonder1154
misguiltc1200
misdoinga1225
teeninga1225
miss?c1225
crimec1250
misdeed?c1250
wickednessa1300
mischiefa1387
evil-doing1398
mistakinga1400
perpetrationc1429
wrongingc1449
maledictionc1475
maleficence1533
wicked-doing1535
foul play1546
misdealing1571
flagition1598
delinquency1603
malefaction1604
meschancy1609
malefacture1635
misacting1651
guilt1726
flagitiosity1727
malpractice1739
malfeasance1856
peccation1861
miscreance1972
society > law > rule of law > lawlessness > specific offences > [noun] > misuse of a liberty, benefit, or trust
misuser1607
abusera1616
misdoing1632
malpractice1739
malpraxis1866
a1225 MS Lamb. in R. Morris Old Eng. Homilies (1868) 1st Ser. 65 (MED) Lauerd, forȝef us..ure sunnen and ure misdonning.
1340 Ayenbite (1866) 157 Ich me ssel ase moche ase ich may wyþ-oute misdoinge..ham wynne to god.
c1390 G. Chaucer Melibeus 2898 He..preiseth hym in his mysdoynge.
1495 Act 11 Hen. VII c. 2 If eny persone or persones geve eny other mete or drinke to the seid mysdoers being in stokkes..or the same prisoners favour in their mysdoyng.
?1535 M. Coverdale Goostly Psalmes sig. Miiv And after thy great benignite Forgyve thou all my mysdoynge.
1598 J. Dickenson Greene in Conceipt 25 Why was sinne thus Ingenious, to excogitate so close a method for the furtherance of misdoing.
1632 J. Hayward tr. G. F. Biondi Eromena 8 My conscience doth not accuse me of misdoing.
1732 B. Franklin in Pennsylvania Gaz. 12 Sept. 3/1 Therefore when I hear of any Person's Misdoing, I think I keep within Bounds if in relating it I only make it three times worse than it is.
1791 A. Yearsley Earl Goodwin iii. 46 This Prelate, ripe in dark misdoing.
1880 ‘Ouida’ Moths I. 102 The glance and the blush were not for the shame of her own misdoing.
1903 Expositor Nov. 339 The laws of physical nature..are not gentle in their treatment of misdoers, nor..of those involved in the misdoing of others.
1949 I. Origo tr. Ld. Byron in Lett. & Jrnls. (1977) VII. 215 But it is unjust to attack a woman for a man's misdoing.
1998 D. Francis Field of Thirteen 240 The chairman of the grievance committee..had uttered fearsome threats: the slightest whisper of misdoing would find the Green license in the bin.
b. An instance of wrongdoing, a misdeed. Chiefly in plural.
ΘΚΠ
society > morality > moral evil > wrong conduct > evildoing or wrongdoing > [noun] > an evil deed
misdeedeOE
murderOE
harmOE
un-i-selthlOE
ungooda1250
wickednessa1325
illa1340
untetchea1375
villainy1377
wretchednessc1380
misdoingc1460
malefice1591
turpitude1597
meschantery1634
misactiona1667
naughtiness1789
wrongdoing1874
c1460 in A. Clark Eng. Reg. Oseney Abbey (1907) 10 (MED) Sacke ys pleys and amendys of mysdoynges of your men in your courte.
1543 Necessary Doctr. Christen Man sig. I ij He shall..haue pardon..of all his missedoinges.
1548 Order of Communion sig. B.iv Wee doe earnestlye repent..for these oure mysdoinges.
1613 W. Leighton Teares or Lament. 46 Blot out of minde my cursed crimes, and my misdoings all.
1692 R. L'Estrange Fables ccclxxxviii. 361 That All-seeing Eye..that Observes all our Mis-doings.
1745 E. Haywood Female Spectator II. 258 The intellectual Checks we feel on every Misdoing is no more than the Prejudice of Education;—that Conscience is an airy empty Name.
1774 T. Hull Henry II ii. 19 Henry judges His own Mis-doings.
1848 W. M. Thackeray Vanity Fair xlvii. 418 Harbouring of priests, obstinate recusancy, and Popish misdoings.
1898 L. Stephen Stud. of Biographer I. v. 168 We may forgive a misdoing which caused no permanent misery.
1930 Amer. Jrnl. Sociol. 35 792 In the calendar of urban misdoings unsteadiness, immorality, civic apathy, and, above all, extravagance, loom large.
1994 Jrnl. Mod. Hist. 66 830 The misdoings of one person damaged the reputation of the group as a whole.
2. Law. The improper performance of an act; an instance of this. Now U.S.
ΚΠ
1628 E. Coke 1st Pt. Inst. Lawes Eng. 325 There is another erronious proceeding and that consisteth in misdoing, as..when a day is giuen which is not legall.
1663 W. Sheppard Actions upon Case for Deeds xii. 167 Of an Action upon the Case for Doing, not doing, or mis-doing.
1958 Federal Reporter 2nd Ser. 257 341/2 It is difficult to see how evidence concerning passive failure to perform a required act in 1948 can indicate willfulness in affirmative misdoing during the following year.
1976 Federal Reporter 2nd Ser. 519 500/2 A meeting arranged by some of [his]..officers with five of its 69 employees in a motel room on March 1 was a misdoing under §8(a)(1).
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

misdoingadj.

Forms: see misdo v. and -ing suffix2.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: misdo v., -ing suffix2.
Etymology: < misdo v. + -ing suffix2.
Obsolete.
Characterized by wrongdoing.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > goodness and badness > wrongdoing > [adjective]
misfaringc1300
fayllarda1325
wronga1382
wrongfulc1384
misdoinga1398
misdeedya1400
wrongdoingc1400
digressinga1535
transgressing1535
offending1552
exorbitant1556
offensive1595
transgressive1646
maleficent1760
transgredient1837
society > morality > moral evil > wrong conduct > evildoing or wrongdoing > [adjective] > doing wrong
misdoinga1398
misdeedya1400
wrongdoingc1400
maleficent1760
a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add.) f. 112v He makþ a man brown and foule, mysdoynge [L. iniqua opærantem], slowh.
c1557 Enterlude of Youth (new ed.) sig. Civv Whan I see misdoinge men Good counsell I shall geue them.
1861 Mrs. H. Wood East Lynne II. iii. i. 273 One does not care to be brought into contact with that sort of misdoing lot.
1877 M. Arnold Falkland in 19th Cent. Mar. 145 Against these misdoing men he would join in no injustice.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2002; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
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