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Word entry · 7 letters

misrule

Best crossword clue

"Bad government"

7 letters · collected on this word page

7 lettersPronunciation /mɪsˈɹuːl/Part of speech nounSorted eilmrsuStarts with MEnds with E1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. government that is inefficient or dishonest

Word origin

From Middle English mysrule; equivalent to mis- + rule.

Used in a sentence

  • An anarchy of small curls was her chevelure, a dark upland of misrule, every hair asserting its rights over a not discreditable brow.
  • But in the recent past, there had been plenty of accusations and instances of Henry's oppressive misrule, of which the execution of the earl of Warwick, Suffolk's cousin, was the most recent and emphatic example.

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