misgoverningn.
/ˌmɪsˈɡʌvnɪŋ/, U.S. /ˌmɪsˈɡəvərnɪŋ/ Misdirection, mismanagement, misgovernment. Formerly also: †misconduct (obsolete).
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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 > authority > rule or government > misrule or misgovernment > [noun]
misgovernancea1393
misrule1450
misusance1533
misgovernment1565
misswaying1603
misgoverning1609
misordering1643
malgovernment1652
malgovernance1673
1487 Thewis Gud Women (St. John's Cambr.) 256 in R. Girvan Ratis Raving & Other Early Scots Poems (1939) 95 For falt of aw and of teching Bryngis þame oft to mysgouernyng.
a1525 in W. A. Craigie Asloan MS (1923) I. 244 [He] was slane with ane ganȝe throu misgouernyng of himself.
1594 W. Shakespeare Lucrece sig. E4v Blacke lust, dishonor, shame, mis-gouerning . View more context for this quotation
1609 S. Daniel Civile Wares (rev. ed.) i. xxxiii. 9 Besides, the times, with all iniustice fraught, Concurr'd, with such confus'd misgouerning, That [etc.].
1668 in J. D. Marwick Extracts Rec. Burgh Glasgow (1905) III. 102 There was ane generall complent throw the whoill toune anent the misgoverning of the knockis.
1711 in 10th Rep. Royal Comm. Hist. MSS (1885) App. v. 112 The people..dethroned their King under pretence of misgoverning.
1843 T. Carlyle Past & Present i. v. 39 A Governing Class..which..could not..be kept from misgoverning, corn-lawing, and playing the very deuce with us.
1958 Jrnl. Econ. Hist. 18 124 He acquits the Spanish of the charge of misgoverning.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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