malpractice
noun
mal·prac·tice
ˌmal-ˈprak-təs 
1
: a dereliction of professional duty or a failure to exercise an ordinary degree of professional skill or learning by one (such as a physician) rendering professional services which results in injury, loss, or damage
2
: an injurious, negligent, or improper practice : malfeasance
Examples of malpractice in a Sentence
a surgeon accused of malpractice
Doctors need to have malpractice insurance to protect themselves against lawsuits.
Recent Examples on the Web
The ripple effects spread far beyond the parties to a medical malpractice lawsuit.
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Jason Ma, Fortune, 2 July 2024
The general civil division handles all civil disputes, including auto negligence, contract, fraudulent causes of action, injunctions, foreclosures, products liability, wrongful death, medical malpractice, business dissolution, Jimmy Ryce Act cases, employee discrimination, etc.
—Carol-Lisa Phillips, Sun Sentinel, 26 June 2024
Among the key problems for UConn was that a Superior Court judge ruled in 2021 that a Bristol couple should receive $37.6 million from a medical malpractice lawsuit after an insemination procedure went wrong at UConn Health.
—Christopher Keating, Hartford Courant, 29 May 2024
When accusations of malpractice arise, the associations themselves have the exclusive right to discipline their members.
—Pavlos Eleftheriadis, Foreign Affairs, 1 Nov. 2014
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Jason Ma, Fortune, 2 July 2024
The general civil division handles all civil disputes, including auto negligence, contract, fraudulent causes of action, injunctions, foreclosures, products liability, wrongful death, medical malpractice, business dissolution, Jimmy Ryce Act cases, employee discrimination, etc.
—Carol-Lisa Phillips, Sun Sentinel, 26 June 2024
Among the key problems for UConn was that a Superior Court judge ruled in 2021 that a Bristol couple should receive $37.6 million from a medical malpractice lawsuit after an insemination procedure went wrong at UConn Health.
—Christopher Keating, Hartford Courant, 29 May 2024
When accusations of malpractice arise, the associations themselves have the exclusive right to discipline their members.
—Pavlos Eleftheriadis, Foreign Affairs, 1 Nov. 2014
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malpractice
noun
mal·prac·tice
(ˈ)mal-ˈprak-təs
: violation of professional standards especially by carelessness or improper conduct
Medical Definition
malpractice
1 of 2 noun
mal·prac·tice
(ˈ)mal-ˈprak-təs
: a dereliction of professional duty or a failure to exercise an accepted degree of professional skill or learning by a physician rendering professional services which results in injury, loss, or damage
malpractice
2 of 2 intransitive verb
malpracticed; malpracticing
: to engage in or commit malpractice
Legal Definition
malpractice
noun
mal·prac·tice
ˌmal-ˈprak-təs
: negligence, misconduct, lack of ordinary skill, or a breach of duty in the performance of a professional service (as in medicine) resulting in injury or loss
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