governing

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He had become the terror and the enemy of the misgoverning monarchs of that period, and the French nation had proclaimed him Emperor in 1804.

From Drake, Nelson and Napoleon by Runciman, Walter

There ne'er was harm in anything, But it came by misgoverning: For one word of evil guiding May lose a kingdom or a king!

From The Continental Monthly, Vol. 3 No 2, February 1863 Devoted To Literature And National Policy by Various

Ferdinand himself expired on the 3rd of January 1825, after misgoverning for sixty-five years.

From The Liberation of Italy by Martinengo-Cesaresco, Countess Evelyn

Toward the year 1200, three of its rulers, in turn misgoverning, were in turn deposed by the barons.

From A Midsummer Drive Through the Pyrenees by Dix, Edwin Asa