mal-intent
- 'I believed that I had a strong case, and there was never any malintent on my part. ...
- 'He's claiming there was no malintent on his part. ...
- 'It was unclear whether the manipulation of dates and lists was done through lack of understanding or mal-intent. ...
- 'We have accepted that there was no malintent.
Is there such a word as Malintent?
Although technically not a real word, I think the meaning of 'malintent' is pretty clear. 'Mal' is a prefix that means bad or wrongful, as in malevolent; thus malintent means having harmful or malicious intent.
How do you use malicious intent in a sentence?
These remarks of mine had no malicious intent whatsover. The commentaries accompanying the pictures clearly show their malicious intent. She claims that they included falsifying records and criminal malicious intent. For example, false accusations are sometimes made against teachers where there is malicious intent.
