Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Reduction from or want of improvement; non-improvement.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Reduction from a better to a worse state; specific features which are worse than former features.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Reduction from a
better to aworse state.
Etymologies
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dis- + improvement
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Examples
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Current self-defense laws are good enough and this is a disimprovement.
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Julia, marking the disimprovement in his health, thought it was the natural course and saved him all work, carrying out the doctor's instructions more carefully than ever.
The Good Comrade Una Lucy Silberrad 1913
erinmckean commented on the word disimprovement
'Disimprovement’ is a wonderful word invented by an Irish client of ours. It means making things worse by trying to make them better. Gossage
December 22, 2011