misrule
noun
1 misrule
Government that is inefficient or dishonest.
synonym: misgovernment.
Roget 699:
unskillfulness
etc.
adj.;
want of skill
etc.
698;
incompetence,
incompentency†;
inability,
infelicity,
indexterity†,
inexperience;
disqualification,
unproficiency†;
quackery.
folly,
stupidity
etc.
499;
indiscretion
etc.
(rashness)
863;
thoughtlessness
etc.
(inattention)
458
(neglect)
460;
sabotage.
mismanagement,
misconduct;
impolicy†;
maladministration;
misrule,
misgovernment,
misapplication,
misdirection,
misfeasance;
petticoat government.
absence of rule,
rule of thumb;
bungling
etc.
v.;
failure
etc.
732;
screw loose: too many cooks.
blunder
etc.
(mistake)
495;
etourderie gaucherie [Fr.],
act of folly,
balourdise†;
botch,
botchery†;
bad job,
sad work.
sprat sent out to catch a whale,
much ado about nothing,
wild-goose chase.
bungler
etc.
701;
fool
etc.
501.
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Roget 738:
laxity;
laxness,
looseness,
slackness;
toleration
etc.
(lenity)
740;
freedom
etc.
748.
anarchy,
interregnum;
relaxation;
loosening
etc.
v.;
remission;
dead letter,
brutum fulmen [Lat.],
misrule;
license,
licentiousness;
insubordination
etc.
(disobedience)
742;
lynch law
etc.
(illegality)
964;
nihilism,
reign of violence.
[Deprivation of power]
dethronement,
deposition,
usurpation,
abdication.
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Dutch: mismanagement, wanbeleid
verb
Roget 738:
be lax
etc.
adj.;
laisser faire [Fr.],
laisser aller [Fr.];
hold a loose rein;
give the reins to,
give rope enough,
give a loose to;
tolerate;
relax;
misrule.
go beyond the length of one's tether;
have one's swing,
have one's fling;
act without instructions,
act without authority,
act outside of one's authority;
act on one's own responsibility,
usurp authority.
dethrone,
depose;
abdicate.
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