misrule
pronunciation
How to pronounce misrule in British English:
UK [ˌmɪsˈru:l]
How to pronounce misrule in American English:
US [mɪsˈrul]
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- Noun:
- government that is inefficient or dishonest
Word Origin
- misrule (n.)
- late 14c., "bad government of a state;" see mis- (1) + rule (n.). Meaning "disorderly conduct or living" is from c. 1400, obsolete except in Lord of Misrule, one chosen to preside over Christmas games in a great house (late 15c.).
- misrule (v.)
- late 14c., from mis- (1) + rule (v.). Related: Misruled; misruling.
Example
- 1. After years of misrule , the country once the world 's biggest rice exporter has a per capita income of $ 800 and a life expectancy of 63 .
- 2. Ethiopia , sudan and somalia have all spilled internal conflicts and misrule across borders .
- 3. With just half a year to go , it will be a stretch for the near-bankrupt dictatorship to overcome the misrule continuing under his son , kim jong il .
- 4. It is not surprising that it took a man who might have walked off the pages of a greene novel to end colorado misrule .
- 5. Mr jonathan vowed to halt decades of misrule on becoming a stopgap president last may .