Vocab-ability Prefix–292 (mal__ = bad, wrong) – A More Powerful Vocabulary (earn UpVotes with “Vocab Practice” exercise)
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The young parents were in shock when they found their kid was born with malnutrition.
The people from my country are going crazy trying to get rid of all these malevolent politicians.
The stupid law made many malefactors get out of prison.
The hotel's malinvestment made the owner lose many opportunities to raise its assets.
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Something more than emergency rations are required in a country where 80% of children under the age of five suffer from malnutrition.
With a malevolent look on the man's face, Leah knew she was in danger.
When the police questioned the malefactor about his evil deeds, they were shocked when he laughed in their faces.
A malinvestment that nearly led to bankruptcy.
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I think what is need is an emergency revolution. :-(
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People who go on fad diets often suffer from malnutrition.
The old witch cast a malevolent look at the boy and froze him into immobility.
The malefactors in the financial crisis were the investment banks who were selling subprime debt securities to unsuspecting investors.
In China there has been a lot of malinvestment in building ghost cities.
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Good point about the malefactors. Shockingly, some people still believe that the victims were responsible, simply because they "took out" liar loans. The problem was the liar loans, the NINJA loans, the CDOs, and the banksters who devised all those criminal schemes.
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Diets that consist mainly of junk-food frequently result in malnutrition.
Richard III was a malevolent king who killed his nephews as well as scores of noblemen who opposed his rule.
Russia acts as a malefactor in international politics, stirring up trouble everywhere it can.
Ultra-low interest rates often results in malinvestment as investors take higher risks because they are seeking yield.
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But in the current environment, the USA is more of a malefactor than Russia or any other country.
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And good point about financial advisors, Most of mine were not very experienced, and the results proved that!! Grrrrrrr!
Yikes! Thus, if you've found good financial advisors, stick to them! Or if you haven't yet, better to do it yourself. Perhaps you can be the expert financial advisor you're looking for; sometimes it's like that. :-)
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Malnutrition
Most children living in African slum areas are suffering from malnutrition.
Malevolent:
All the biblio I read does not contain topics about malevolent acts and their effects, just love and peace.
Malefactor:
My old brother was a malefactor of breaking into people's houses in their absence.
Malinvestment:
I still don't consider Bitcoin and the other cryptocurrency coins as a malinvestment if one buys at large in the current situation.
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