misgovernment

[mis-guhv-ern-muhnt, mis-guhv-er-muhnt]

noun

1. bad or irresponsible government exercised over a jurisdiction, program, asset, etc.; mismanagement; poor direction or administration.

Example Sentences

“What I am asking for is a period of time, valuable time, to rescue the country from corruption and misgovernment,” she pleaded before a congress that had just fired Castillo on a 101-6 vote.

From Washington Post

Since January last year, Andrew Fahie has been the subject of an inquiry into allegations of misgovernment and corruption.

From BBC

All over the continent, established rulers are facing challenges from a youthful, urban and educated population that is increasingly frustrated by misgovernment, authoritarianism and poor prospects for reform.

From The Guardian

After four years of usurpation, of lawless, reckless misgovernment, he should be removed from office.

From Washington Post

But then they get reinforced as historians in the early twentieth century begin to write what is, I think, very misguided history of Reconstruction as a period of corruption and misgovernment.

From The New Yorker