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malinvest

malinvest verb: to invest incorrectly or unwisely.

Verb

malinvest (third-person singular simple present malinvests, present participle malinvesting, simple past and past participle malinvested)

  1. To invest incorrectly or unwisely

Forms of malinvest

third-person singular presentmalinvests
present participlemalinvesting
past participlemalinvested
pastmalinvested

Origin of malinvest

From mal- + invest.

Questions about malinvest

What does malinvest mean?
Malinvest means to invest incorrectly or unwisely.
What part of speech is malinvest?
Malinvest is a verb.
What is the past tense of malinvest?
The past tense of malinvest is malinvested.

Words near malinvest in the dictionary

  1. malinstruction
  2. malintegration
  3. malintegrations
  4. malintent
  5. malintention
  6. malinvest
  7. malinvested
  8. malinvesting
  9. malinvestment
  10. malinvestments
  11. malinvests

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