to misrule

Examples

• All

• The city's problems worsened because it was misruled by a series of ineffective leaders.

• Just because a few courts have misruled on this issue does not make it a privilege.

  Blog text (4)

• The aisles were packed with festive holiday shoppers; we were pushed aside at the counters, at cosmetics, at confections, misruled in the sundries.

  Fiction book (1990)

• Many citizens believe that they have been misruled by the current administration for years.

Synonyms

M

to mishandle

vsto misrule

20 4.9

Deal with something badly so it causes problems or damage

is about bad, unjust, or ineffective leadership of groups rather than physical damage

M

to mismanage

vsto misrule

17 4.8

To run something badly so it fails or causes problems

is about bad, unjust, or ineffective leadership rather than only poor running

M

to misgovern

vsto misrule

1 8.3

To lead a country or group badly and hurt its people

is about bad, unjust, or ineffective leadership of groups or places

M

to misregulate

vsto misrule

8.1

To control something in the wrong way so it does not work properly

is broader, covering bad, unjust leadership beyond merely incorrect rule setting

Compounds

L

Lord of Misrule

• Archaic

9.9

A person who leads playful mischief at Christmas celebrations

How Bad

to tyrannize

• US

2 8.4

to oppress

152 6.5

to misrule

1 7.4

to misgovern

1 8.3

to mismanage

17 4.8

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology