misgoverned

verb

past tense of misgovern
as in mismanaged
to manage badly the ruling party was soundly defeated at the polls for having disastrously misgoverned the country

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  1. damaged
  2. violated
  3. abused
  4. misruled
Verb
  • Kuwait has borne the brunt of Iranian strikes, with a desalination plant and oil refinery damaged.
    — Tim Lister, CNN Money, 20 July 2026
  • Overnight strikes damaged two tunnels and a bridge, disrupting a main highway toward Bandar Abbas, Iran's main port that sits near the narrowest part of the strait, according to IRNA.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 19 July 2026
Definition of damaged
Verb
  • Lawyers for Giamarra wanted the judge, rather than a jury, to decide whether Mora violated his contract with them to sell their fruit.
    — Robert Rodriguez, Sacbee.com, 24 July 2026
  • Plaintiffs claimed the emails violated Washington's Commercial Electronic Mail Act and Consumer Protection Act.
    — Anthony Thompson, USA Today, 24 July 2026
Definition of violated
Verb
  • Lynn has tried to warn people about the older brother who abused her.
    — Jeremy Kohler, ProPublica, 20 July 2026
  • Allegations Of Abuse Against David Brouillette Ashley Brouillette and another ex-wife of the ICE agent, whom the AP did not name, have both alleged David Brouillette abused them and their children.
    — Alison Durkee, Forbes.com, 17 July 2026
Definition of abused
Verb
  • The result is a society that feels both rule-bound and misruled, saturated with laws and yet strangely lawless.
    — Joshua Rothman, New Yorker, 9 Sep. 2025
Definition of misruled
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