misgovern

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 (take advantage of), mismanage, mistreat

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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 — 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… … Financial and business terms
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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