malpractice
Definitions
Noun
- Professional wrongdoing that results in injury or damage
- A wrongful act that the actor had no right to do; improper professional conduct
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Sounds Like
Words that sound like the term "malpractice".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | miscellaneous | 5 | 10 |
| 2 | metropolis | 4 | 8 |
| 3 | meritorious | 5 | 2 |
| 4 | meticulous | 4 | 1 |
| 5 | multipurpose | 4 | 1 |
| 6 | magnanimous | 4 | 0 |
| 7 | margaritas | 4 | 0 |
| 8 | mastoiditis | 4 | 0 |
| 9 | meningitis | 4 | 0 |
Spelled Like
Words that are spelled similarly to the term "malpractice".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | practice | 2 | 94 |
| 2 | practical | 3 | 68 |
| 3 | practices | 3 | 53 |
| 4 | practiced | 2 | 8 |
| 5 | practicable | 4 | 6 |
| 6 | impractical | 4 | 5 |
| 7 | arctic | 2 | 4 |
| 8 | malice | 2 | 2 |
| 9 | practised | 2 | 2 |
| 10 | impracticable | 5 | 1 |
| 11 | galactic | 3 | 1 |
| 12 | practise | 2 | 0 |
| 13 | martie | 2 | 0 |
| 14 | marice | 2 | 0 |
| 15 | marcie | 2 | 0 |
| 16 | lactic | 2 | 0 |
| 17 | altice | 2 | 0 |
| 18 | proactive | 3 | 0 |
| 19 | practises | 3 | 0 |
| 20 | maryalice | 4 | 0 |
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Words that often follow the term "malpractice" in a sentence.
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Words that often precede the term "malpractice" in a sentence.
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Words that are statistically associated with "malpractice" in the same piece of text.
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Words that contain the same consonants as the term "malpractice".
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Term
Definitions: 2
Fragments: 1
Sound Alikes: 9
Spelled Like: 20
Words that Follow: 0
Words that Precede: 0
Statistically Associated: 0
Consonant Matches: 0
Freq: The frequency is a relative score of how often the word appears in standard English text.
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