(informal, rare, influenced by the German noun Verschlimmbesserung) attempt to make something better while ending up worse than before.
Reduction from a better to a worse state.
impoverishment
impoverishment
noun
The action of impoverishing someone.
The state of being impoverished.
malobservation
malobservation
noun
An erroneous observation.
misadventurous
misadventurous
Adjective
unfortunate
misimprovement
misimprovement
noun
Ill use or employment; use for a bad purpose.
misinformative
misinformative
adj
Providing incorrect information; misleading.
nonpresumptive
overassessment
overassessment
noun
Excessive assessment of an academic course, as by requiring too many pieces of work from each student.
The assessment of a tax or charge at a higher value than the correct one.
overassumption
overcompensate
overcompensate
verb
(intransitive) To do an excessive amount in one area in an effort to overcome a perceived lack in another area.
(transitive) To provide with excessive pay or reward for work performed.
overenthusiasm
overenthusiasm
noun
Excessive enthusiasm.
overestimating
overestimating
verb
present participle of overestimate
overestimation
overestimation
noun
An excessive estimation.
overharassment
overharassment
noun
Excessive harassment.
overinvestment
overinvestment
noun
Excessive investment, especially in one particular area
overmatureness
overminuteness
overminuteness
noun
Excessive minuteness.
overmystifying
overpromptness
overpunishment
overpunishment
noun
Excessive punishment.
oversettlement
overshadowment
overshadowment
noun
overshadowing
oversmoothness
oversmoothness
noun
Excessive smoothness.
overstatements
overstatements
noun
plural of overstatement
redevelopments
redevelopments
noun
plural of redevelopment
semiconvergent
semiconvergent
adj
(mathematics, of a matrix) For which the limit lim _(k→∞) bold Tᵏ exists.
noun
(mathematics) A kind of fraction. If (h_n-1)/(k_n-1), (h_n)/(k_n) are successive convergents, then any fraction of the form (h_n-1+ah_n)/(k_n-1+ak_n), where a is a nonnegative integer and the numerators and denominators are between the n and n+1 terms inclusive, is a semiconvergent.
semirevolution
semistarvation
semistarvation
noun
A state of partial starvation.
transformative
transformative
adj
(linguistics) Chiefly in transformative-generative: of or relating to a theory of generative grammar in which defined operations called transformations produce new sentences from existing ones; transformational.
That causes a transformation; causing a notable and lasting change