how to pronounce malicious

/məˈlɪʃəs/

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malicious is pronounced in three syllables

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An example use of malicious in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… know if if malicious code is a weapon …”

meanings of malicious

adjective:

Of, pertaining to, or as a result of malice or spite.
Spiteful and deliberately harmful.

malicious frequency in english - C2 level of CEFR

the word malicious occurs in english on average 3 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics malicious can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that malicious can be often used in the following areas:

1) communication, information, and media;

2) people, society, and culture;