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MISGOVERNMENT
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Dictionary entry overview: What does misgovernment mean?
• MISGOVERNMENT (noun)
The noun MISGOVERNMENT has 1 sense:
1. government that is inefficient or dishonest
Familiarity information: MISGOVERNMENT used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Government that is inefficient or dishonest
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
misgovernment; misrule
Hypernyms ("misgovernment" is a kind of...):
administration; governance; governing; government; government activity (the act of governing; exercising authority)
Derivation:
misgovern (govern badly)
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