misgovern

misgovern: misgovern mis‧gov‧ern [mɪsˈgʌvn ǁ -ərn] verb [intransitive, transitive]

if a country or organization is misgoverned, it is not run or managed well:

• There is no doubt that the country has been terribly misgoverned in recent decades, and that a change is welcome.

— misgovernment noun [uncountable] :

• The country's economic problems have been caused by misgovernment.

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misgovern UK US /ˌmɪsˈɡʌv^ən/ verb [T] GOVERNMENT

► to govern a country, state, region, etc. badly: »Our leaders have misgoverned this country to the point that we no longer have the citizens' trust.

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Misgovern — Mis*gov ern, v. t. To govern badly; as, to misgovern a country. Knolles. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
misgovern — I verb administer badly, administer improperly, administer poorly, govern badly, maladminister, male administrare, male regere, manage badly, misadminister, misdirect, misguide, mismanage, misrule, rule dishonestly II index exploit ( … Law dictionary
misgovern — (v.) c.1400, from MIS (Cf. mis ) (1) + GOVERN (Cf. govern). Related: Misgoverned; misgoverning … Etymology dictionary
misgovern — ► VERB ▪ govern unfairly or poorly … English terms dictionary
misgovern — [mis΄guv′ərn] vt. to govern, administer, or manage badly misgovernment n … English World dictionary
misgovern — misgovernment, misgovernance, n. /mis guv euhrn/, v.t. to govern or manage badly. [1375 1425; late ME misgovernen. See MIS 1, GOVERN] * * * … Universalium
misgovern — verb To govern badly or wrongly … Wiktionary
misgovern — v. govern poorly or dishonestly … English contemporary dictionary
misgovern — verb govern unfairly or poorly. Derivatives misgovernment noun … English new terms dictionary
misgovern — mis·gov·ern … English syllables

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