misgovernancen.
/ˌmɪsˈɡʌvn̩əns/, /ˌmɪsˈɡʌvənəns/, U.S. /ˌmɪsˈɡəvərn(ə)ns/ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > [noun]
abominationc1350
misgovernancec1375
misleadinga1387
misusing1395
misbearinga1400
misordinancea1400
misruling?a1425
misgovernail?a1439
misdraughtc1450
misgovernmentc1450
misbehaving1451
misguiding1480
misbehaviour1486
misdemeaning1487
misgoverning1487
misdemeanoura1513
misordera1513
misordering1526
misusage1532
misnurturea1540
misdemean1579
miscarriage1594
misguide1596
demeanour1681
misconduct1717
the mind > goodness and badness > wrongdoing > misbehaviour > [noun]
misgovernancec1375
misleadinga1387
misusing1395
misbearinga1400
misordinancea1400
misdraughtc1450
misgovernmentc1450
misbehaving1451
misguiding1480
misbehaviour1486
misdemeaning1487
misgoverning1487
miscraft1496
demerit1509
misuse1509
misdemeanoura1513
misordera1513
misordering1526
misusage1532
misdemean1579
miscarriage1594
misguide1596
delinquency1603
demeanour1681
misconduct1717
society > morality > moral evil > wrong conduct > [noun]
fiend-thewsc1275
misgovernancec1375
misusing1395
misrule?1406
misgovernmentc1450
misguiding1480
thowlessness1489
miscraft1496
demerit1509
misuse1509
misdemeanoura1513
prevarication1561
misguide1596
malconduct1684
misconduct1717
malversation1752
misdealing1851
c1375 G. Chaucer Monk's Tale 3202 Hadde neure worldly man so heigh degree As Adam til he for mysgouernaunce Was dryue out of his hye prosperitee.
c1450 C. d'Orleans Poems (1941) App. 222 (MED) Ye shal be payd after your whylfulnes And blame nothyng but your mysgouernans.
c1485 ( G. Hay Bk. Law of Armys (2005) 141 Be caus of the misgouernance of sik ane vngracious creature, all a hale company may tak..scathe and schame.
1495 Act 11 Hen. VII c. 11 Preamble Yong people..be growen to ydelnes vices and other divers mysgovernaunces.
1512 Act 4 Hen. VIII c. 20 Preamble The same mysgoverned persons shall lyf in robbyng and mysgovernaunce duryng ther lyves.
1627 P. Fletcher Locustæ iv. xxi Those who disgrac't by some misgovernance (Their owne, or others) swell with griefe or spight.
2. Misgovernment of a country, state, or (occasionally) of a public authority or other institution.
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society > authority > rule or government > misrule or misgovernment > [noun]
misgovernancea1393
misrule1450
misusance1533
misgovernment1565
misswaying1603
misgoverning1609
misordering1643
malgovernment1652
malgovernance1673
a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) vii. 4566 So that the lustes ignorance Be cause of no misgovernance, Thurgh which that he be overthrowe.
1398 Acts Parl. Scotl. (1844) I. 210/2 That the mysgouuernance of the reaulme..sulde be imput to the kynge.
1447 O. Bokenham Lives of Saints (Arun.) (1938) 964 (MED) To..myschaunce The cyte he brouth thorgh mysgouernaunce.
a1475 J. Fortescue Governance of Eng. (Laud) (1885) 144 Murmor ageynes the kynges person ffor þe mysgouernance off his reaume.
a1578 R. Lindsay Hist. & Cron. Scotl. (1899) I. 171 They tuik god to witnes that they sould be guiltles of the misgoverance of the realme.
a1600 (?c1535) tr. H. Boece Hist. Scotl. (Mar Lodge) ix. xiv. f. 321, in Dict. Older Sc. Tongue (at cited word) Of the coronacioun of Ferquhard, his mysgouernance & incarceracion.
1643 R. Baker Chron. Kings of Eng. ii. 18 That the Realme of England should be destroyed through the Misgovernance of K. Richard.
1878 W. Stubbs Constit. Hist. (ed. 2) III. xviii. 243 He is liable to be defamed for misgovernance.
1990 Newsday (Nexis) 5 Mar. 40 To take a long, hard look at the governance—or the misgovernance—of a public body, the Suffolk County Water Authority.
2000 Daily Yomiuri (Tokyo) (Nexis) 13 Oct. 3 A rapacious military dictatorship whose main preoccupations were corruption and misgovernance.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > ability > inability > unskilfulness > [noun] > unskilful management
misgovernancea1449
misexecution1535
misconveying1540
misgovernment1600
misdemeanour1641
misdirecting1647
mismanagement1659
malmanagement1675
mal-execution1689
misconduct1705
mismanage1705
mal-organization1841
a1449 in S. A. Moore Lett. & Papers J. Shillingford (1871) ii. 91 (MED) The saide Maier and Bailliffs have used..to make serche of mysgovernance of vitaill.
1483 ( tr. G. Deguileville Pilgrimage of Soul (Caxton) (1859) i. i. 2 By theyr owne mysgouernaunce they forlettyth the ryght way of vertu.
c1485 ( G. Hay Bk. Law of Armys (2005) 93 Bot that cummys of a fals vsage of men of armes, for misgouernaunce of the weris.
c1500 in Grose's Antiquarian Repertory (1809) IV. 407 The sounde borde crasede forsith the instrumente, Throw mysgovernaunce to make notis whiche was not his intente.
1533 J. Bellenden tr. Livy Hist. Rome (1903) II. 106/25 The Commounweill wes twyis betrasit; first at Veos be misgovernance of the capitanis.
1579 E. Spenser Shepheardes Cal. May 90 All will be soone wasted with misgouernance.
1606 Bp. J. Hall Heauen vpon Earth vii. 61 These vnrulie affections, which are not more necessarie in their best vse, then pernicious in their mis-gouernance.
1678 G. Mackenzie Laws & Customes Scotl. i. 77 He who burns a House..by misgovernance, and not of set purpose.
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society > authority > lack of subjection > unruliness > [noun] > lack of restraint or excessive liberty
licencec1450
misgovernancec1460
liberty1529
licentiousness1553
loose1593
licentiateness1656
c1460 (a1449) J. Lydgate Fabula Duorum Mercatorum (Harl.) 291 in Minor Poems (1934) ii. 496 (MED) Or in-to excesse yif a wiht be fal Of mete and drynk thoruh mysgovernaunce.
c1495 Lydgate's Lytell Treat. Horse, Sheep, & Ghoos (de Worde) sig. bv Beware of surfete and mysgouernaunce.
a1525 in W. A. Craigie Asloan MS (1923) I. 228/4 Schir Jhon Wallace deit..throu misgouernance.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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