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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 dishonestplay

  Familiarity information: MISGOVERNMENT used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


MISGOVERNMENT (noun)


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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