mal- vs ultra-

mal-

prefix
  • unpleasant 

  • incorrect 

  • incomplete, unfinished 

  • unintentional, mistaken, accidental 

  • poorly, deficiently 

  • not 

  • unhealthy, harmful 

  • evil 

ultra-

prefix
  • intensely, extremely, or exceptional 

  • Greater than normal quantity or importance, as in ultrasecret. 

  • Excessively, to an extreme, as in ultramicroscopic, ultra-careful. 

  • Beyond, outside of, as in ultrasonic. 

  • Beyond, on the far side of, as in ultraviolet. 

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