Meaning Of The Prefix Mal

Definitions

from The Century Lexicon.

noun A prefix of Latin origin, through French (equivalent to dys- or caco- of Greek origin), meaning 'bad,' and implying usually imperfection or deficiency, and often simply a negative, as in malodor, a bad olfactory property, malfeasance, bad- or wrong-doing, malformation, imperfect shape, maladroit, not balletic, malcontent, not content, etc. The prefix in this course occurs just in words taken from the French, or formed upon the analogies of such.
noun An abridgement
noun of Malachi, a book of the Old Testament;
substantive of Malayan.
substantive Evil; disease.

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noun simply in set phrases Disease, affliction.
noun surfing A longboard (blazon of surfboard).

Etymologies

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From French mal ("affliction").

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Shortening of malibu

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Examples

Mexicans call it mal de ojo, and in Brazil it's olho gordo.

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Mexicans phone call it mal de ojo, and in Brazil it'due south olho gordo.

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Mexicans call it mal de ojo, and in Brazil information technology's olho gordo.

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The second issue we face is what I call a mal-investment or a mis-investment in parts of economies that cannot sustain themselves.

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When we add in mal-employed higher graduates working in jobs that do not crave a college degree, in that location were 17 one thousand thousand unemployed or mal-employed college graduates for these 1 million job vacancies.

Andrew Sum: Is Ascension Structural Unemployment a Trouble?
When we add in mal-employed college graduates working in jobs that exercise not require a college caste, there were 17 meg unemployed or mal-employed higher graduates for these ane million task vacancies.

Andrew Sum: Is Rising Structural Unemployment a Trouble?
When we add in mal-employed higher graduates working in jobs that practise not require a college degree, there were 17 million unemployed or mal-employed college graduates for these one one thousand thousand job vacancies.

Andrew Sum: Is Rising Structural Unemployment a Problem?
When we add together in mal-employed college graduates working in jobs that practice not require a college degree, there were 17 million unemployed or mal-employed higher graduates for these ane million job vacancies.

Andrew Sum: Is Rising Structural Unemployment a Trouble?
When we add in mal-employed college graduates working in jobs that do not require a college caste, there were 17 million unemployed or mal-employed college graduates for these 1 meg job vacancies.

Andrew Sum: Is Rising Structural Unemployment a Problem?
When we add together in mal-employed college graduates working in jobs that do not require a higher degree, there were 17 1000000 unemployed or mal-employed college graduates for these ane meg chore vacancies.

Andrew Sum: Is Rising Structural Unemployment a Problem?