badly behaved
/ˌbadli bɪˈheɪvd/adjective
1Of a person or animal: that (habitually) violates standards of proper or appropriate behaviour.
2Of an object, phenomenon, etc.: having properties that do not conform to an expected, desired, or predictable pattern; (Mathematics and Physics ) having complicated, irregular, or unusual properties that are not amenable to mathematical or numerical analysis; giving unsatisfactory or meaningless results under some particular operation. Contrasted with well-behaved.
3 Computing. Of a program: having an undesirable effect on a computer, either by accident as a result of an error, system compatibility problem, etc., or deliberately (for example in software designed to draw a computer user's attention to advertising by means that the user may find annoying). Contrasted with well-behaved.
Origin
Mid 19th century; earliest use found in The Times. From badly + behaved.
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