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单词 disimprovement
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disimprovementn.

Etymology: < disimprove v. after improvement n.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: disimˈprovement.
The action of disimproving; the reverse of improvement; a change for the worse.
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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).
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