gross misconduct
C1CEFR level
68/100Rarity: rare
TechnicalRegister
Law noun
Conduct so serious that it fundamentally breaches the contract and justifies dismissal without notice.
Falsifying the timesheets amounted to gross misconduct and the dismissal was upheld.
Business noun
Behaviour so serious that it can justify dismissal without notice.
Falsifying the expense claims was treated as gross misconduct.
Rarity runs from 0 (a word everyone knows) to 100 (almost never seen outside specialist or literary writing). Level is the word's real difficulty on the CEFR scale, from A1 to C2.
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