Meanings
verbmalinvest (third-person singular simple present malinvests, present participle malinvesting, simple past and past participle malinvested)
present singular third person malinvests · participle present malinvesting · participle past malinvested · past malinvested
- To invest incorrectly or unwisely
Origin
- Latinmale
- Old Frenchmal-
- Englishmal-
- Englishinvest
- Englishmalinvest
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APA
malinvest. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/malinvest
MLA
“malinvest.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/malinvest. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “malinvest,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/malinvest.
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