Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

misgovernance

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.06 in modern English

Syllables: mis-gov-er-nance
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

4

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Bad governance.

Uncountable

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *mey-? Proto-Indo-European *meyth₂-der. Proto-Germanic *missaz Proto-Germanic *missa- Proto-West Germanic *missa- Old English mis- Middle English mys- English mis- English governance English misgovernance From mis- + governance.

Usage

Uncountable

Inflected Forms

misgovernances (plural) misgouvernance (alternative) misgouvernaunce (alternative) misgovernaunce (alternative)

Questions

What does misgovernance mean?: Bad governance.
Where does misgovernance come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *mey-? Proto-Indo-European *meyth₂-der. Proto-Germanic *missaz Proto-Germanic *missa- Proto-West Germanic *missa- Old English mis- Middle English mys- English mis- English governance English misgovernance From mis- + governance.

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