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misruling

misruling is the present participle and gerund of misrule.

Meaning of misrule

Verb

misrule (third-person singular simple present misrules, present participle misruling, simple past and past participle misruled)

  1. Of a trial judge, to make a bad decision in court.
  2. To rule badly; to misgovern.

See all 4 meanings of misrule

Noun

misruling (plural misrulings)

  1. A bad or wrong ruling.
    • misrulings of the court

Forms of misruling

pluralmisrulings

Questions about misruling

What does misruling mean?
Misruling means a bad or wrong ruling.
What is misruling the present participle and gerund of?
Misruling is the present participle and gerund of misrule.
What part of speech is misruling?
Misruling is a noun.
What is the plural of misruling?
The plural of misruling is misrulings.

Words near misruling in the dictionary

  1. misrule
  2. misruled
  3. misruler
  4. misrulers
  5. misrules
  6. misruling
  7. misrulings
  8. misruly
  9. misrun
  10. misrung
  11. misrunning

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Adapted from Wiktionary: misruling (page history and authors); misrule (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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