misrule
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- noun
- /ˈmɪsˌruːl/
:
mala gestión
- For all the misery they have experienced, the Venezuelan people have never stopped struggling against misrule.
- decades of misrule
Examples
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The country's economy suffered greatly due to years of misrule by corrupt leaders.
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What factors enabled Meles to institute dictatorship and misrule for so long?
Blog text (27) -
After more than a century of misrule, China is now run by the best governing class in generations.
Academic text (2005) -
On the one hand, after 22 years of misrule, most Zimbabweans would love to be rid of him.
Fiction book (2002) -
Given the economic and institutional links that arose in the decades of Soviet misrule, Russia's influence in the region was bound to be strong.
Academic text (2007) -
More than four decades of misrule by New Delhi have compelled the Kashmiri people to revive their struggle for self-determination.
Academic text (1995) -
Citizens protested in the streets, demanding an end to the misrule that had plagued their nation.
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Throughout history, misrule has often led to social unrest and demands for reform.
Synonyms
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Dishonest or illegal actions by people in power, like taking bribes
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Bad running of a country by people in charge who are inefficient and dishonest
Government that works badly and causes problems for people
Compounds
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Morphology
Etymology
Misrule combines the prefix mis- meaning 'wrong' or 'bad' with the common word rule meaning 'to govern'. So misrule means 'wrong government' — bad or corrupt ruling that harms a country.