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misgovern

UK/mɪsˈɡʌvən/US/mɪsˈɡʌvɚn/

misgovern verb: to govern badly or wrongly.

Verb

misgovern (third-person singular simple present misgoverns, present participle misgoverning, simple past and past participle misgoverned)

  1. (transitive) To govern badly or wrongly.

misgovern meaning in Tamil, Urdu and Bengali

misgovern in Tamil

மோசமான ஆட்சி

misgovern in Urdu

بدانتظامی کرنا

misgovern in Bengali

খারাপভাবে, ভুলভাবে শাসন করা

Forms of misgovern

third-person singular presentmisgoverns
present participlemisgoverning
past participlemisgoverned
pastmisgoverned

Origin of misgovern

From mis- + govern.

Words formed from misgovern

Words that rhyme with misgovern

Questions about misgovern

What does misgovern mean?
Misgovern means to govern badly or wrongly.
What is misgovern in Tamil?
Misgovern in Tamil is மோசமான ஆட்சி. See Misgovern meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is misgovern?
Misgovern is a verb.
How do you pronounce misgovern?
Misgovern is pronounced /mɪsˈɡʌvən/ (UK).
What is the past tense of misgovern?
The past tense of misgovern is misgoverned.

Words near misgovern in the dictionary

  1. misgoes
  2. misgoing
  3. misgone
  4. misgot
  5. misgotten
  6. misgovern
  7. misgovernance
  8. misgovernances
  9. misgovernaunce
  10. misgovernaunces
  11. misgoverned

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Adapted from Wiktionary: misgovern (page history and authors); misgovern (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); misgovern (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); misgovern (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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