Definitions

mala fide

[mah-lah fee-de, mey-luh fahy-dee] / ˈmɑ lɑ ˈfi dɛ, ˈmeɪ lə ˈfaɪ di /

ADJECTIVE

insincere

Synonyms

WEAK

ambidextrous backhanded deceitful deceptive devious disingenuous dissembling dissimulating double double-dealing duplicitous evasive faithless fake false hollow hypocritical left-handed lying mendacious perfidious phony pretentious put on shifty slick sly snide two-faced unfaithful untrue untruthful

Example Sentences

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Law Minister Anisul Haq said Mr Shams had "misrepresented facts with the mala fide intention of creating discontent".

From BBC • Mar. 30, 2023

"In my view, this is mala fide persecution," lawyer and activist Prashant Bhushan told the BBC.

From BBC • May 11, 2020

At least we know evidence is not being supplied mala fide by Buffalo’s persistent quarterback.

From Slate • Nov. 4, 2018

Tomorrow if they go to the court, they will say our action is mala fide, and the court is bound to listen to them.

From Time Magazine Archive

And truly he who had no allowance of love to give to an infirm and weak brother, he will be in mala fide, in an evil capacity, to seek what he would not give.

From The Works of the Rev. Hugh Binning by Binning, Hugh