bad form
Breach of manners
Bad form is behavior that violates social etiquette or unwritten rules of conduct.
The phrase comes from British English and carries a tone of understated disapproval: Leaving without thanking your host is bad form.
It suggests not illegality or immorality, but a failure to observe the standards expected in polite or professional circles: It's bad form to discuss salary at dinner parties.
Social misstep or indiscretion
- breachBreaking of agreement
- improprietyUnsuitable or inappropriate behavior
- rudenessDisrespectful social behavior
- gaffeClumsy social error
discourtesy · indiscretion · tactlessness · vulgarity · incivility · disrespect · offense · blunder
Lack of grace or ease
- clumsinessLack of physical grace
- sloppinessLack of neatness
- ineptnessLack of competence
- maladroitnessLack of skill or coordination
bungling · fumbling · misalignment · imbalance · injury risk · strain · overextension · compensation
Contrary to athletic ethics
- divingEntering water deliberately
- simulationImitation of real processes
- cheatingDeceptive rule-breaking
- foulingMaking something unclean
taunting · trash-talking · sledging · gamesmanship · time-wasting · feigning injury · disrespect · provocation
Regarded with disfavor
- called outVocally summoned or criticized
- reproachExpression of disappointment
- rebukeExpress sharp disapproval
- admonishmentExpression of disapproval or warning
chiding · scolding · disapproval · censure · condemnation · tutting · side-eye · raised eyebrows
faux pas
Social misstep or indiscretion
- breachBreaking of agreement
- improprietyUnsuitable or inappropriate behavior
- rudenessDisrespectful social behavior
gaffe · discourtesy · indiscretion · tactlessness · vulgarity · incivility · disrespect · offense · blunder · misstep
awkwardness
Lack of grace or ease
- clumsinessLack of physical grace
- sloppinessLack of neatness
- ineptnessLack of competence
maladroitness · bungling · fumbling · misalignment · imbalance · injury risk · strain · overextension · compensation · inefficiency
unsportsmanlike
Contrary to athletic ethics
- divingEntering water deliberately
- simulationImitation of real processes
- cheatingDeceptive rule-breaking
fouling · taunting · trash-talking · sledging · gamesmanship · time-wasting · feigning injury · disrespect · provocation · cheap shot
frowned upon
Regarded with disfavor
- called outVocally summoned or criticized
- reproachExpression of disappointment
- rebukeExpress sharp disapproval
admonishment · chiding · scolding · disapproval · censure · condemnation · tutting · side-eye · raised eyebrows · reprimand
- Workout Mistakesovertraining, holding breath, arched back, overextension, hyperextension
- mannersetiquette, manners, polite, rude, politeness
- bad mannersrudeness, impoliteness, discourtesy, incivility, disrespect
- normsnorm, norms, standard, social norms, rule
- gracelessnessclumsiness, awkwardness, boorishness, rudeness, vulgarity
- flawsfaults, defect, flaw, blemish, flaws