Go to MSN Homeencarta®
Dictionary
Find
in
Dictionary
Thesaurus
Translations
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
Click to move up the list of words
make over
make up
make up to
make with
make-work
makefast
makeover
Maker
maker
makeshift
makeup
makeweight
maki
makimono
making
makio
mako (1)
Click to move down the list of words
Also available:

World English Dictionary
Dictionnaire Français

mal-
mal-


prefix 
Definition:
 
1. bad, badly
malpractice
2. improper or inadequate
malnutrition
malfunction
[Via Old French< Latin malus "bad," male "badly"]
Encarta® World English Dictionary [North American Edition] © & (P)2009 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. Developed for Microsoft by Bloomsbury Publishing Plc.
Advertisement
© 2009 Microsoft