Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

malpositioned

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: mal-po-si-tioned
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

4

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Badly or wrongly positioned; in the wrong place.

Etymology

From mal- + positioned.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: mal

Inflected Forms

more malpositioned (comparative) most malpositioned (superlative)

Questions

What does malpositioned mean?: Badly or wrongly positioned; in the wrong place.
Where does malpositioned come from?: From mal- + positioned.

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