misrule
Americannoun
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bad or unwise rule; misgovernment.
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disorder or lawlessness.
verb (used with object)
verb
noun
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inefficient or inhumane government
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disorder
Other Word Forms
- misruler noun
Etymology
Origin of misrule
1300–50; Middle English misreulen (v.), misreule (noun). See mis- 1, rule
Vocabulary lists containing misrule
Example Sentences
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His party's years in power, however, became associated with misrule and corruption.
From BBC • Nov. 5, 2025
"I ask for time, valuable time to rescue the country from corruption and misrule."
From Reuters • Dec. 8, 2022
They accuse him and his powerful family, which includes several siblings who until recently held Cabinet positions, of precipitating the crisis through corruption and misrule.
From Seattle Times • Jul. 8, 2022
But Filipinos seemed ready to embrace their democratic rights and move on from Marcos’s misrule.
From Washington Post • May 9, 2022
It was redeemed in 1901 by a people who had suffered cruelly; who saw in the four years of misrule that they had made their own chains of bondage.
From The Leaven in a Great City by Betts, Lillian William
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