misrule

• POS: Noun, Verb (transitive)
• HYPHEN: mis=rule

CIDE DICTIONARY

misrule, v. t. & i. 

 To rule badly; to misgovern.  [1913 Webster]

misrule, n. 

•  The act, or the result, of misruling.  [1913 Webster]
•  Disorder; confusion; tumult from insubordination.  [1913 Webster]

  "Enormous riot and misrule surveyed."  [1913 Webster]

Abbot of Misrule, or Lord of Misrule. See under Abbot, and Lord.

OXFORD DICTIONARY

misrule, n. & v.
--n. bad government; disorder.
--v.tr. govern badly.

THESAURUS

misrule

anarchism, anarcho-syndicalism, anarchy, antinomianism, bad policy, be negligent, chaos, confusion, criminal syndicalism, disorder, disorderliness, disorganization, disruption, distemper, fabulous formless darkness, foul-up, hassle, impolicy, inexpedience, inexpediency, license, lynch law, maladminister, maladministration, malfeasance, malpractice, misadminister, misadministration, misconduct, misdirect, misdirection, misfeasance, misgovern, misgovernment, misguidance, misguide, mishandle, mishandling, mismanage, mismanagement, mix-up, mob law, mob rule, mobocracy, morass, muddle, neglect, negligence, nihilism, nonfeasance, ochlocracy, omission, primal chaos, rebellion, revolution, riot, screw-up, snafu, syndicalism, tohubohu, turmoil, unruliness, wrongdoing

ROGET THESAURUS

misrule

Unskillfulness

N unskillfulness, want of skill, incompetence, incompentency, inability, infelicity, indexterity, inexperience, disqualification, unproficiency, quackery, folly, stupidity indiscretion, thoughtlessness, sabotage, mismanagement, misconduct, impolicy, maladministration, misrule, misgovernment, misapplication, misdirection, misfeasance, petticoat government, absence of rule, rule of thumb, bungling, failure, screw loose: too many cooks, blunder, etourderie gaucherie, 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, fool, unskillful, inexpert, bungling, awkward, clumsy, unhandy, lubberly, gauche, maladroit, left-handed, heavy-handed, slovenly, slatternly, gawky, adrift, at fault, inapt, unapt, inhabile, untractable, unteachable, giddy, inconsiderate, stupid inactive, incompetent, unqualified, disqualified, ill-qualified, unfit, quackish, raw, green, inexperienced, rusty, out of practice, unaccustomed, unused, untrained &c, uninitiated, unconversant, shiftless, unstatesmanlike, unadvised, ill-advised, misadvised, ill-devised, ill-imagined, ill-judged, ill-contrived, ill-conducted, unguided, misguided, misconducted, foolish, wild, infelicitous, penny wise and pound foolish, one's fingers being all thumbs, the right hand forgets its cunning, il se noyerait dans une goutte d'eau, incidit in Scyllam qui vult vitare Charybdim, out of the frying pan into the fire, non omnia possumus omnes.

Laxity

N laxity, laxness, looseness, slackness, toleration, freedom, anarchy, interregnum, relaxation, loosening, remission, dead letter, brutum fulmen, misrule, license, licentiousness, insubordination, lynch law, nihilism, reign of violence, dethronement, deposition, usurpation, abdication, lax, loose, slack, remiss, weak, relaxed, licensed, reinless, unbridled, anarchical, unauthorized, adespotic.

VB be lax, laisser faire, laisser aller, 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.