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動詞

disimprove (三人称単数 現在形 disimproves, 現在分詞 disimproving, 過去形および過去分詞形 disimproved)

1. (transitive, rare) To make worse.
   • 1642, Jeremy Taylor, The Sacred Order and Offices of Episcopacy or Episcopacy Asserted against the Arians and Acephali New and Old:

     To which may be added this advantage, that the services of churchmen are rewardable upon the church's stock: no need to disimprove the royal banks to pay thanks to bishops.

2. (intransitive, rare) To deteriorate.
3. (informal, rare, influenced by the German verb verschlimmbessern) To try to make something better but end up making it worse.

アナグラム

• improvised