MISRULED Synonyms: 28 Similar and Opposite Words

misruled

verb

past tense of misrule

as in mismanaged

to manage badly accused of misruling his island nation to the point of economic collapse

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Recent Examples of misruled 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

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Merz and Zelenskyy visited a building of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine in central Kyiv that was damaged in a Russian attack that killed two people on Monday, as air raid sirens sounded across the capital.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 5 Oct. 2026
Strikes on Kyiv’s bridges continue Russian attacks damaged Kyiv’s Northern Bridge over the Dnieper River again on Sunday.

— Susie Blann, Chicago Tribune, 4 Oct. 2026

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Ireland forward Adam Idah, who is Black, was allegedly racially abused by a small number of Israeli fans present during the first match.

— ABC News, ABC News, 5 Oct. 2026
The girl was found in Mexico along with her father, 38-year-old Sergio Galvez Perez, who authorities allege abused and impregnated her.

— Jasmine Mendez, Los Angeles Times, 5 Oct. 2026

Definition of abused

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Bonta said his office is investigating whether OpenAI violated any laws and vowed to use the state’s enforcement powers to protect California residents.

— Rena Rowe, The Washington Examiner, 1 Oct. 2026
The suit also claims UCLA violated its federal grant terms and asks for the funds to be repaid.

— Jaweed Kaleem, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2026

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