Synonyms of malpractice

malpractice

noun

as in misconduct

law careless, wrong, or illegal actions by someone (such as a doctor) who is performing a professional duty

a surgeon accused of malpractice

Synonyms & Similar Words

• misconduct
• negligence
• malfeasance
• irresponsibility
• carelessness
• delinquency
• recklessness
• neglectfulness
• laxness
• omission
• neglect
• heedlessness
• remissness
• irresponsibleness
• slackness
• mismanagement
• rashness
• foolhardiness
• wildness
• incaution
• dereliction
• incautiousness
• mishandling
• forgetfulness
• misdirection
• inattention
• inattentiveness
• shortsightedness
• inadvertence
• inadvertency
• obliviousness
• unwariness

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• awareness
• attention
• attentiveness
• alertness
• responsibility
• vigilance
• circumspection
• observance
• watchfulness
• care
• caution
• carefulness
• responsibleness
• cautiousness
• heedfulness

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of malpractice

According to state records, a $194,000 medical malpractice judgment was awarded against Lee in 1996 in Orange County Superior Court. —Julia Marnin, Sacramento Bee, 5 Feb. 2025

Animal-language studies acquired an unshakable odor of malfeasance and scientific malpractice. —Camille Bromley Gabra Zackman Krish Seenivasan David Mason, New York Times, 6 Jan. 2025

Jackson did not originally disclose income from her husband’s medical malpractice consulting work. —Zach Schonfeld, The Hill, 3 Jan. 2025

Although doctors ultimately determine whether to cut off insurance coverage for a particular treatment, those decisions are generally not considered the practice of medicine and therefore cannot be challenged in a malpractice lawsuit. —Duaa Eldeib, ProPublica, 30 Dec. 2024