misrule
bad or unwise rule; misgovernment.
disorder or lawlessness.
to misgovern.
Origin of misrule
1Other words from misrule
- mis·rul·er, noun
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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 | QuartzA decade ago, Afghans were exhausted by years of war and misrule.
Pan and Dionysos: the gods of sensual misrule were his muses.
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 GrahamWith 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 KingThey already furnish an exhilarating example of the difference between free governments and despotic misrule.
Select Speeches of Daniel Webster | Daniel WebsterWe have no "lords of misrule" now; or, if we have, they are of a much less innocent and pacific character.
British Dictionary definitions for misrule
/ (ˌmɪsˈruːl) /
(tr) to govern inefficiently or without humanity or justice
inefficient or inhumane government
disorder
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