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misgovernance

mis·gov·ern
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [mis-guhv-ern]
    • /mɪsˈgʌv ərn/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [mis-guhv-ern]
    • /mɪsˈgʌv ərn/

Definitions of misgovernance word

  • verb with object misgovernance to govern or manage badly. 1
  • noun misgovernance Bad governance. 1
  • noun misgovernance misgovernment, mismanagement, or misconduct 0
See all 3 definitions of misgovernance

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Origin of misgovernance

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 Misgovernance

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Full grammatical hierarchy of Misgovernance

misgovernance 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.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.

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Antonyms for misgovernance

noun misgovernance

  • governance — information technology governance
Just one Antonym for misgovernance

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