mal-
combining form/mæl/
/mæl/
- (in nouns, verbs and adjectives) bad or badly; not correct or correctly
- malpractice
- malodorous
- malfunction
Word Originfrom French mal, from Latin male ‘badly’.Definitions on the go
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