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  1. (in nouns, verbs and adjectives构成名词、动词和形容词) bad or badly; not correct or correctly糟糕；坏；错误
    • malpractice玩忽职守
    • malodorous有恶臭的
    • malfunction故障
    Word Originfrom French mal, from Latin male ‘badly’.