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4 dictionary results for: Misgovernment
Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) - Cite This Source - Share This

mis⋅gov⋅ern

   [mis-guhv-ern]
–verb (used with object)
to govern or manage badly.
Origin:
1375–1425; late ME misgovernen. See mis- 1 , govern
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mis·gov·ern     (mĭs-gŭv'ərn)  Pronunciation Key 
tr.v.   mis·gov·erned, mis·gov·ern·ing, mis·gov·erns
To govern inefficiently or badly.
mis·gov'ern·ment n., mis·gov'er·nor n.
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misgovernment

noun
government that is inefficient or dishonest 

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Misgovernment

Mis*gov"ern*ment\, n. Bad government; want of government. --Shak.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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