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All misgovern synonyms

mis·gov·ern
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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.
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