单词 | disimprovement |
释义 | disimprovementn. The action of disimproving; the reverse of improvement; a change for the worse. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > badness or evil > worse > [noun] > making or becoming impairingc1380 failinga1382 aggrievance1502 decaying1530 fading1578 worsinga1583 rusting1597 degeneration1607 degenerating1611 improvementa1617 going back1631 aggravidizationa1641 disimprovement1649 decidence1655 deterioration1658 pejoration1658 exaggeration1661 marasmus1681 sinking1701 unimprovement1760 worsening1811 worsering1883 1649 Bp. J. Taylor Great Exemplar v. §33 It hath also especial influence in the disimprovement of temptations. 1678 J. Norris Coll. Misc. (1699) 193 The final issue..would be, an utter neglect and disimprovement of the earth. 1723 J. Swift Some Arguments against Power of Bishops 6 Four Parts in five of the Plantations for 30 Years past, have been real Disimprovements. 1873 Helps in Macmillan's Mag. Feb. 306 There has been much disimprovement in the matters I have referred to since their first tenure of office. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1649 |
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