malign

• “Small border outposts along the Iranian border have allowed the military in recent years to collect valuable intelligence on what it calls malign Iranian influence.”

  The Washington Post: Despite political uncertainties in Iraq, U.S. sticking with drawdown plan

• “Sen. Obama countered that President Bush's style of diplomacy, fully embraced by Sen. McCain, allowed both Iran and North Korea, through years of what he described as malign neglect by the U.S., to become more armed and more dangerous.”

  The Wall Street Journal: Foreign-Policy Exchanges Highlight Sharp Differences

• “The Deified Thalygos Mundt came onscreen, his expression malign as always.”

  The Dragon Never Sleeps

• “But until a special task force assembled by Gen. David Petraeus began its investigation last year, the coalition had little visibility into the connections many Afghan companies and their vast network of subcontractors had with insurgents and criminals - groups military officials call "malign actors.”

  The Huffington Post: U.S. Military Loses $360 Million To Afghanistan Insurgents, Criminals

• “I had my own concerns: If he took the antiwar route, I knew I would have been characterized as a malign force moving him to the left -- which wasn't true, although I wish it had been given that I now regard the Iraq invasion as one of the great mistakes in the history of U.S. foreign policy.”

  Shrum: I Worried That I'd Look Left-Wing If Edwards Voted Against Iraq War

• “The long term malign effect of this is that when oil runs out, we will face disaster – massive loss of life — because we will not have the time to develop the replacement technology that was within our ability.”

  Matthew Yglesias » Albright on Arab Democracy

• “* A national disaster is turning into a humanitarian catastrophe of genuine epic proportions, in significant part because of what I would describe as the malign neglect of the socialist regime.”

  David Davis: Revived Speculation About Grasp of Reality

• “And while I will not dispute their use of the term when they are merely alluding to her somewhat contrary nature, I do take issue with them when they use the word to malign what she believes is her calling.”

  Simon & Schuster: Water Witches

• “This latter category of tactics, which we earlier dubbed malign persuasion, more frequently fails the tests of ethical appropriateness that we suggest.”

  Simon & Schuster: The Manager as Negotiator Bargaining for Cooperation and Competitive Gain

• “He traced it back to Blent, to that influence which he had almost brought himself to call malign because it seemed in some subtle way enervating, a thing that sought to clog his steps and hung about those feet which had need to be so alert and nimble.”

  Tristram of Blent An Episode in the Story of an Ancient House

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