Definition of misrule
: to rule incompetently : misgovern
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accused of misruling his island nation to the point of economic collapse
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The Zaire of the 1970s had already started a long, steady descent under Mobutu’s misrule that led to its economic collapse and civil war two decades later.
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The power is the right to misrule a country without concern for the general welfare of nations or its own citizens.
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First Known Use of misrule
14th century
misrule Synonyms
Examples of misrule in a Sentence
The people of that country have endured many years of misrule.
the country's long period of misrule had made it a hotbed for terrorist organizations
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Venezuela’s implosion and Nicaragua’s misrule and growing violence threaten to reverse this progress and destabilize the region.
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But this seems to have lost much of its appeal after 14 years of misrule by Shia religious parties.
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Thirty-seven years of misrule by the ZANU-PF had made many citizens mistrustful.
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The violence in northern Sinai, stoked by years of Egyptian misrule and the emergence of radical extremist groups in the region, shows little sign of waning.
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Iraq’s Shia rulers thus risk repeating the misrule of Saddam Hussein, the late Sunni dictator: his suppression and displacement of Iraq’s Kurds fuelled their desire for independence, and his repression of Shias helped fan sectarian hatred.
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Who knows what this country will look like after four years of his misrule.
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Now living in western Europe, Mr Kovalev is a piercing critic of Vladimir Putin’s misrule of Russia.
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In 38 years of misrule, Eyadéma did not build a hospital that could treat even his own heart disease.
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First Known Use of misrule
14th century
misrule Synonyms
Synonyms
Near Antonyms
law, law-abidingness, lawfulness, legality, legitimacy, rule;
calmness, harmony, order, orderliness, peace, peaceableness, peacefulness, quiet, tranquillity (or tranquility);
Related Words
chaos, confusion, disarray, disorder, disorderliness, disorganization, misorder;
disruption, disturbance, havoc, riot, strife, turbulence, turmoil, unrest, upheaval;
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