Usually means: Rule poorly, causing harm, dysfunction.
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We found 22 dictionaries that define the word misgovern:

General (21 matching dictionaries)
  1. misgovern: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. misgovern: Merriam-Webster
  3. misgovern: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. misgovern: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. misgovern: Collins English Dictionary
  6. misgovern: Vocabulary.com
  7. misgovern: Wordnik
  8. misgovern: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. misgovern: Wiktionary
  10. misgovern: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. misgovern: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. misgovern: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. Misgovern, misgovern: Dictionary.com
  14. Misgovern: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  15. misgovern: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  16. misgovern: Rhymezone
  17. Misgovern: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  18. misgovern: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  19. misgovern: FreeDictionary.org
  20. misgovern: Mnemonic Dictionary
  21. misgovern: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. misgovern: Legal dictionary

(Note: See misgoverned as well.)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (misgovern)

▸ verb:  (transitive) To govern badly or wrongly.

Similar:
misrule, misregulate, misconduct, mismanage, misplan, misgroom, missteer, misprovide, misgo, misguide, more...

Opposite:
govern, rule, manage, administer, lead

Types:
anarchy, oligarchy, dictatorship, theocracy, monarchy, fascism, communism, more...

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Similar:
misrule, misregulate, misconduct, mismanage, misplan, misgroom, missteer, misprovide, misgo, misguide, more...

Opposite:
govern, rule, manage, administer, lead

Types:
anarchy, oligarchy, dictatorship, theocracy, monarchy, fascism, communism, more...



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