misrule

Example Sentences

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They badly underestimated her massive star power, and they underestimated how much their decades of misrule had alienated most of the population.

From BBC • Jan. 14, 2026

Nigeria's election next week marks nearly a quarter century of democracy in Africa's most populous nation, which in previous decades had become a byword for coups and military misrule.

From Reuters • Feb. 17, 2023

The byproduct of Haiti’s institutional and security pandemonium is the death rattle of an economy that was already supine following years of misrule compounded by the pandemic.

From Washington Post • Jul. 7, 2022

They accuse him and his powerful family that included several siblings holding top government positions of plunging the country into the crisis through corruption and misrule.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 3, 2022

Wars, intestine commotions, and misrule have too frequently prevented the local authorities from paying proper attention to measures of public salubrity.

From Curiosities of Medical Experience by Millingen, J. G. (John Gideon)