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mis·rule

(mĭs-ro͞ol′)

1. Disorder or lawless confusion.

2. Inept or unwise rule; misgovernment.

tr.v. mis·ruled, mis·rul·ing, mis·rules

To rule ineptly, unjustly, or unwisely; misgovern.

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misrule

(ˌmɪsˈruːl)

(Government, Politics & Diplomacy) (tr) to govern inefficiently or without humanity or justice

1. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) inefficient or inhumane government

2. disorder

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mis•rule

(mɪsˈrul)

n., v. -ruled, -rul•ing. n.

1. bad or unwise rule; misgovernment.

2. disorder or lawlessness.

v.t.

3. to rule badly; misgovern.

[1300–50]

misrule

Past participle: misruled
Gerund: misruling

Imperative
misrule
misrule

Present
I misrule
you misrule
he/she/it misrules
we misrule
you misrule
they misrule

Preterite
I misruled
you misruled
he/she/it misruled
we misruled
you misruled
they misruled

Present Continuous
I am misruling
you are misruling
he/she/it is misruling
we are misruling
you are misruling
they are misruling

Present Perfect
I have misruled
you have misruled
he/she/it has misruled
we have misruled
you have misruled
they have misruled

Past Continuous
I was misruling
you were misruling
he/she/it was misruling
we were misruling
you were misruling
they were misruling

Past Perfect
I had misruled
you had misruled
he/she/it had misruled
we had misruled
you had misruled
they had misruled

Future
I will misrule
you will misrule
he/she/it will misrule
we will misrule
you will misrule
they will misrule

Future Perfect
I will have misruled
you will have misruled
he/she/it will have misruled
we will have misruled
you will have misruled
they will have misruled

Future Continuous
I will be misruling
you will be misruling
he/she/it will be misruling
we will be misruling
you will be misruling
they will be misruling

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been misruling
you have been misruling
he/she/it has been misruling
we have been misruling
you have been misruling
they have been misruling

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been misruling
you will have been misruling
he/she/it will have been misruling
we will have been misruling
you will have been misruling
they will have been misruling

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been misruling
you had been misruling
he/she/it had been misruling
we had been misruling
you had been misruling
they had been misruling

Conditional
I would misrule
you would misrule
he/she/it would misrule
we would misrule
you would misrule
they would misrule

Past Conditional
I would have misruled
you would have misruled
he/she/it would have misruled
we would have misruled
you would have misruled
they would have misruled

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Noun

misrule - government that is inefficient or dishonest

misgovernment

governing, government activity, government, governance, administration - the act of governing; exercising authority; "regulations for the governing of state prisons"; "he had considerable experience of government"

misrule

noun

1. mismanagement, maladministration, bad government, misgovernment He was accused of corruption and misrule.

2. disorder, confusion, chaos, turmoil, anarchy, lawlessness, tumult gearing up for his role as the lord of misrule

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misrule

noun

A lack of civil order or peace:

anarchy, disorder, lawlessness.

Translations

misrule

[ˌmɪsˈruːl]

A. N → desgobierno m, mal gobierno m

B. VT → desgobernar, gobernar mal

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misrule

n → schlechte Regierung; (by government also) → Misswirtschaft f

vt → schlecht regieren

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But now, while Milton's mind was full of splendid images, while in spite of the discomfort and lonliness of his misruled home, he was adding line to line of splendid sounding English, great changes came over the land.

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FINE Gael would like us to forget they and Labour picked on the most vulnerable in society during their callous coalition which misruled from 2011 until 2016.

It's time FG was shown its own cards

Addressing an election rally here, Prime Minister Modi said that the Congress misruled Madhya Pradesh for more than 55 years while the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has given good governance to the state in the last 15 years.