mala fide
[ mah-lah fee-de; English mey-luh-fahy-dee ]
adverbLatin.
in bad faith; not genuine.
Words Nearby mala fide
Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
How to use mala fide in a sentence
It becomes them to prove, then, that this is a mala fide modification.
Abridgment of the Debates of Congress, from 1789 to 1856, Vol. II (of 16) | Thomas Hart Benton
British Dictionary definitions for mala fide
mala fide
/ (ˈmælə ˈfaɪdɪ) /
adjective
undertaken in bad faith
Origin of mala fide
1from Latin
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Browse