as in anarchy
a state in which there is widespread wrongdoing and disregard for rules and authority
the country's long period of misrule left it in economic turmoil for over a decade
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as in to misconduct
to manage badly
accused of misruling his island nation to the point of economic collapse
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Comfort Ero, Foreign Affairs, 26 May 2023
Bush, whose time in office set the U.S. on its current course of war, privatization, and financial ruin, is on the road to being absolved of his responsibility for the current chaos because Trump’s misrule has been a debacle sufficient to occlude the memory of those grievous sins.
—Eoin Higgins, The New Republic, 1 Sep. 2020
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After decades of Bashir’s misrule, Burhan’s army is weak and divided.
—Comfort Ero, Foreign Affairs, 26 May 2023
Bush, whose time in office set the U.S. on its current course of war, privatization, and financial ruin, is on the road to being absolved of his responsibility for the current chaos because Trump’s misrule has been a debacle sufficient to occlude the memory of those grievous sins.
—Eoin Higgins, The New Republic, 1 Sep. 2020
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“Misrule.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/misrule. Accessed 22 Oct. 2024.
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