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Misruly vs Misrule - What's the difference?

misruly | misrule |

As an adjective misruly

is unruly.

As a noun misrule is

the state of being ruled badly; disorder, lawlessness, anarchy.

As a verb misrule is

of a trial judge, to make a bad decision in court.

misruly

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • (obsolete) unruly
  • * Bishop Joseph Hall
  • While no man seeketh to reflect the wrong, / And curb the range of his misruly tongue?

    misrule

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The state of being ruled badly; disorder, lawlessness, anarchy.
  • Misgovernment; bad or unjust government.
  • *2011 , Thomas Penn, Winter King , Penguin 2012, p. 52:
  • *: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.
  • Verb

  • (legal) Of a trial judge, to make a bad decision in court.
  • To rule badly; to misgovern.
  • See also

    *misruler *Lord of Misrule