misgovern
IPA: mɪsgˈʌvɝn
verb
- (transitive) To govern badly or wrongly.
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Examples of "misgovern" in Sentences
- They hurt themselves and the people they care about, and constantly misgovern their lives.
- Labour needs a large poor and dependent underclass otherwise they will never be in a position to misgovern again.
- Let us not be as foolish or arrogant as those who misgovern us; let us never forget or dismiss their betrayals of the public trust:
- Let us not be as foolish or arrogant as those who misgovern us; let us never forget or dismiss their betrayals of the public trust. '
- And, plus, Wolf, we also have the opportunity for Democrats to continue to misgovern, to continue to fail the test of leadership, which is to get done the things that the American people are desperate to get done.
- His role would be responsible for all the bad stuff, leaving the rest of the administration free to misgovern in peace, while the Accountability Czar explains and apologizes for all the mistakes, and answers all the supoenas.
- One newspaper that supported the Copperheads called Lincoln, “fungus from the corrupt womb of bigotry and fanaticism” and a “worse tyrant and more inhuman butcher than has existed since the days of Nero… The man who votes for Lincoln now is a traitor and murderer… And if he is elected to misgovern for another four years, we trust some bold hand will pierce his heart with dagger point for the public good”.
- Paleo-con blogger Daniel Larison has suggested that this approach could result in Israel's chief political goal actually being realised: Short of an extremely difficult and risky urban war aimed at destroying the organization entirely, which would cause massive dislocation and suffering, it seems that the best means of weakening Hamas politically is by forcing it to misgovern Gaza under relatively normal conditions.
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