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be malicious
adjective
Of, pertaining to, or as a result of malice or spite
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I wasn't trying to be malicious, but I honestly hadn't even considered their well-being until the deed was done.
Some programs may be malicious.
"Our intent was not to be malicious.
Unfortunately and inevitably, some of those ideas will be malicious.
Strangely, many of the calls prove to be malicious hoaxes.
"I felt really bad because I wasn't trying to hurt his feelings or be malicious.
Telling the truth may hurt, and it may be deliberate, but it cannot be malicious.
The motive may not be malicious, but the consequences have not been thought through.
"If you believe in an intelligent designer, he's got to be malicious," he said.
But he also said software did not have to be malicious to violate consumer trust.
The ultimate security nightmare would be malicious code intended to bypass encryption and other protective systems.
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