verschlimmbessern

Reikšmė (Anglų k.)

1. (informal, weak) to make something worse in an honest but failed attempt to improve it
2. (informal, weak) to edit a text and thereby unintentionally distort it

Sinonimai

verballhornen

Vertimai

improve away

verfouteren

Tarmės

Argau

verhonze

Duomenis pateikė: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Tariamas kaip (IPA)

/fɛɐ̯ˈʃlɪmˌbɛsɐn/

Etimologija (Anglų k.)

Blend of verschlimmern (“to make worse”) + verbessern (“to improve”), attributed to Georg Christoph Lichtenberg. See also disimprove.