misrule

[ mis-rool ]

/ mɪsˈrul /

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noun

bad or unwise rule; misgovernment.

disorder or lawlessness.

verb (used with object), mis·ruled, mis·rul·ing.

to misgovern.

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Origin of misrule

1300–50; Middle English misreulen (v.), misreule (noun). See mis-¹, rule

OTHER WORDS FROM misrule

mis·rul·er, noun

Words nearby misrule

misredemption, misremember, misreport, misrepresent, misrepresentation, misrule, misrun, miss, missa, miss a beat, missa cantata

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How to use misrule in a sentence

The widespread mocking of fuel prices served to create a middle-class “common sense” that the UPA was a time of exceptional misrule and corruption.
Enchanted by Modi, India’s middle-class is getting squeezed with no political repercussions|Shoaib Daniyal|February 22, 2021|Quartz
A decade ago, Afghans were exhausted by years of war and misrule.
The U.S. and Pakistan: Can This Marriage Be Saved?|Ron Moreau|April 3, 2012|DAILY BEAST
Pan and Dionysos: the gods of sensual misrule were his muses.
Death of a Modernist Master|Simon Schama|July 6, 2011|DAILY BEAST
I find that some captains have begun to give money at the next port, instead of permitting this day of misrule.
Journal of a Voyage to Brazil|Maria Graham

With the Bourbons it was hoped a better era had opened, but it was only exchanging one form of misrule for another.
Spanish Life in Town and Country|L. Higgin and Eugne E. Street
It was from no ill-will towards the Church that he did something to repair the ecclesiastical misrule.
The Life of Mazzini|Bolton King
They already furnish an exhilarating example of the difference between free governments and despotic misrule.
Select Speeches of Daniel Webster|Daniel Webster
We have no "lords of misrule" now; or, if we have, they are of a much less innocent and pacific character.
The Mirror Of Literature, Amusement, And Instruction|Various

British Dictionary definitions for misrule

misrule

/ (ˌmɪsˈruːl) /

verb

(tr) to govern inefficiently or without humanity or justice

noun

inefficient or inhumane government

disorder

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misrule

Origin of misrule

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