Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

malinvestment

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.04 in modern English

Syllables: ma-l-in-vest-ment
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

5

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An incorrect or unwise investment.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Action by R. B. Carman against the executors of the will of John Wightman to recover the amount due upon a mortgage, and counterclaim by defendants against R. B. Carman, James Leitch, and R. A. Pringle, for malinvestment of funds, etc."
"Even if market participants realize that price signals may be distorted, they have no good way to know what the undistorted set of prices would be, so malinvestment takes place during the boom phase of the business cycle."
"It is painful for the owners of malinvestments but fast and efficient."

Etymology

Etymology tree Latin maleder. Old French mal- English mal- English investment English malinvestment From mal- + investment.

Usage

Inflected Forms

malinvestments (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

malinvest misinvestment

Questions

What does malinvestment mean?: An incorrect or unwise investment.
Where does malinvestment come from?: Etymology tree Latin maleder. Old French mal- English mal- English investment English malinvestment From mal- + investment.

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