in- vs mal-

in-

prefix

  • Added to adjectives to mean not 

  • Used with certain words to reverse their meaning 

  • in, into 

  • in, into, towards, within. 

  • Added to nouns to mean lacking or without 

mal-

prefix

  • not 

  • incorrect 

  • incomplete, unfinished 

  • unintentional, mistaken, accidental 

  • unpleasant 

  • poorly, deficiently 

  • unhealthy, harmful 

  • evil 

How often have the words in- and mal- occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )