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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.

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

misreckon, misredemption, misremember, misreport, misrepresent, misrule, misrun, miss, miss a beat, miss by a mile, miss fire

Example sentences from the Web for misrule

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
There were mitigations of the misrule in Piedmont, Tuscany, and the Austrian territories.

The Life of Mazzini |Bolton King
But so popular were these Lords of Misrule that every nobleman and person of position had one.

A Righte Merrie Christmasse |John Ashton
The whole country groaned under a misrule, and commerce and agriculture were crippled by the system of taxation.

The Rise of the Democracy |Joseph Clayton

Sleuth-hounds are scenting every indication of misrule and running to earth evil-doers, high and low.

Is the Devil a Myth? |C. F. Wimberly
In his eyes she was the Queen, not of Misrule, but of Hearts.

A Book of Scoundrels |Charles Whibley

British Dictionary definitions for misrule

misrule

/ (ˌmɪsˈruːl) /

verb

(tr) to govern inefficiently or without humanity or justice

noun

inefficient or inhumane government

disorder