misgovern mis‧gov‧ern [mɪsˈgʌvn ǁ -ərn] verb [intransitive, transitive]
if a country or organization is misgoverned, it is not run or managed well:
• There is no doubt that the country has been terribly misgoverned in recent decades, and that a change is welcome.
— misgovernment noun [uncountable] :
• The country's economic problems have been caused by misgovernment.
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misgovern UK US /ˌmɪsˈɡʌvən/ verb [T] GOVERNMENT
► to govern a country, state, region, etc. badly: »
Our leaders have misgoverned this country to the point that we no longer have the citizens' trust.
Financial and business terms. 2012.