All misgovern synonyms
mis·gov·ern
M m verb misgovern
- mess up — a dirty, untidy, or disordered condition: The room was in a mess.
- misinterpret — Interpret (something or someone) wrongly.
- mishandle — to handle badly; maltreat: to mishandle a dog.
- 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.
- confound — If someone or something confounds you, they make you feel surprised or confused, often by showing you that your opinions or expectations of them were wrong.
- flub — a blunder.
- foul up — something that is foul.
- fumble — to feel or grope about clumsily: She fumbled in her purse for the keys.
- goof — to blunder; make an error, misjudgment, etc.
- harm — a U.S. air-to-surface missile designed to detect and destroy radar sites by homing on their emissions.
- misapply — to make a wrong application or use of.
- misconduct — improper conduct; wrong behavior.
- mistreat — to treat badly or abusively.
- misuse — wrong or improper use; misapplication.
- muff — sheet glass made from a blown cylinder (muff) that is split and flattened.
- overlook — to fail to notice, perceive, or consider: to overlook a misspelled word.
- pervert — to affect with perversion.
- prostitute — a woman who engages in sexual intercourse for money; whore; harlot.
- screw up — a metal fastener having a tapered shank with a helical thread, and topped with a slotted head, driven into wood or the like by rotating, especially by means of a screwdriver.
- gum up — any of various viscid, amorphous exudations from plants, hardening on exposure to air and soluble in or forming a viscid mass with water.
- goof up — to blunder; make an error, misjudgment, etc.
- make a hash of — a dish of diced or chopped meat and often vegetables, as of leftover corned beef or veal and potatoes, sautéed in a frying pan or of meat, potatoes, and carrots cooked together in gravy.
- maladminister — to administer or manage badly or inefficiently: The mayor was a bungler who maladministered the city budget.
- misdirect — to direct or address wrongly or incorrectly: to misdirect a person; to misdirect a letter.
- misemploy — to use for the wrong purpose; use wrongly or improperly; misuse.
- mess up — a dirty, untidy, or disordered condition: The room was in a mess.
- mismanage — Manage (something) badly or wrongly.
- err — Be mistaken or incorrect; make a mistake.
- bobble — A bobble is a small ball of material, usually made of wool, which is used for decorating clothes.