Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Evil; disease.
- 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 odor, malfeasance, bad- or wrong-doing, malformation, imperfect shape, maladroit, not adroit, malcontent, not content, etc. The prefix in this form occurs only in words taken from the French, or formed upon the analogies of such. - noun An abbreviation
- noun of Malachi, a book of the Old Testament;
- noun of Malayan.
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- noun only in set phrases
Illness ,affliction . - noun surfing A
longboard (type of surfboard).
Etymologies
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Examples
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Mexicans call it mal de ojo, and in Brazil it's olho gordo.
Wray Herbert: Want To Ward Off the Evil Eye? Just Be Nice, A New Study Says Wray Herbert 2010
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Mexicans call it mal de ojo, and in Brazil it's olho gordo.
Wray Herbert: Want to Ward Off the Evil Eye? Just Be Nice, A New Study Says Wray Herbert 2010
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Mexicans call it mal de ojo, and in Brazil it's olho gordo.
Wray Herbert: Want to Ward Off the Evil Eye? Just Be Nice, A New Study Says Wray Herbert 2010
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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 college graduates working in jobs that do not require a college degree, there were 17 million unemployed or mal-employed college graduates for these 1 million job vacancies.
Andrew Sum: Is Rising Structural Unemployment a Problem? Andrew Sum 2010
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When we add in mal-employed college graduates working in jobs that do not require a college degree, there were 17 million unemployed or mal-employed college graduates for these 1 million job vacancies.
Andrew Sum: Is Rising Structural Unemployment a Problem? Andrew Sum 2010
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When we add in mal-employed college graduates working in jobs that do not require a college degree, there were 17 million unemployed or mal-employed college graduates for these 1 million job vacancies.
Andrew Sum: Is Rising Structural Unemployment a Problem? Andrew Sum 2010
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When we add in mal-employed college graduates working in jobs that do not require a college degree, there were 17 million unemployed or mal-employed college graduates for these 1 million job vacancies.
Andrew Sum: Is Rising Structural Unemployment a Problem? Andrew Sum 2010
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When we add in mal-employed college graduates working in jobs that do not require a college degree, there were 17 million unemployed or mal-employed college graduates for these 1 million job vacancies.
Andrew Sum: Is Rising Structural Unemployment a Problem? Andrew Sum 2010
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When we add in mal-employed college graduates working in jobs that do not require a college degree, there were 17 million unemployed or mal-employed college graduates for these 1 million job vacancies.
Andrew Sum: Is Rising Structural Unemployment a Problem? Andrew Sum 2010
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