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A supposed improvement that makes things worse.
Wiktionary suggests “disimprovement” as a translation.
Sounds like something I’ve done.
There’s also verb to it: “verschlimmbessern”.
According to the Langenscheidt Dictionary “Handwörterbuch Deutsch-Englisch” it translates to “to disimprove” or “to make an even worse job of…”
[...] team in the field I cobbled together a new German word — because if they can have words like Verschlimmbesserung (a supposed improvement that actually makes things worse) and Fingerspitzengefühl (the ability to [...]
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September 16th, 2012 at 9:33 am
Wiktionary suggests “disimprovement” as a translation.
November 23rd, 2012 at 7:30 am
Sounds like something I’ve done.
March 9th, 2013 at 11:09 pm
There’s also verb to it: “verschlimmbessern”.
According to the Langenscheidt Dictionary “Handwörterbuch Deutsch-Englisch” it translates to “to disimprove” or “to make an even worse job of…”
May 5th, 2013 at 11:35 am
[...] team in the field I cobbled together a new German word — because if they can have words like Verschlimmbesserung (a supposed improvement that actually makes things worse) and Fingerspitzengefühl (the ability to [...]
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