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- [mis-guhv-ern]
- /mɪsˈgʌv ərn/
- /ˌmɪs.ˈɡʌv.n̩/
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- [mis-guhv-ern]
- /mɪsˈgʌv ərn/
Definitions of misgovern word
- verb with object misgovern to govern or manage badly. 1
- noun misgovern Govern (a state or country) unfairly or inefficiently. 1
- transitive verb misgovern rule incompetently or badly 1
- verb misgovern to govern badly 0
- verb transitive misgovern to govern, administer, or manage badly 0
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Origin of misgovern
First appearance:
before 1375 One of the 22% oldest English words
First recorded in 1375-1425, misgovern is from the late Middle English word misgovernen. See mis-1, govern
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Parts of speech for Misgovern
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
misgovern popularity
A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 48% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.
misgovern usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for misgovern
verb misgovern
- abuse — Abuse of someone is cruel and violent treatment of them.
- blow — When a wind or breeze blows, the air moves.
- blunder — A blunder is a stupid or careless mistake.
- botch — If you botch something that you are doing, you do it badly or clumsily.
- bungle — If you bungle something, you fail to do it properly, because you make mistakes or are clumsy.
Antonyms for misgovern
verb misgovern
- handle — a part of a thing made specifically to be grasped or held by the hand.
- manage — to bring about or succeed in accomplishing, sometimes despite difficulty or hardship: She managed to see the governor. How does she manage it on such a small income?
- benefit — The benefit of something is the help that you get from it or the advantage that results from it.
- honor — honesty, fairness, or integrity in one's beliefs and actions: a man of honor.
- respect — a particular, detail, or point (usually preceded by in): to differ in some respect.
verb transitive misgovern
- govern — to rule over by right of authority: to govern a nation.
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