Antonyms for improvement

Grammar : Noun

Spell : im-proov-muhnt

Phonetic Transcription : ɪmˈpruv mənt

Definition of improvement

Origin : mid-15c., enprowment "management of something for profit," from Anglo-French emprowement, from emprouwer "turn to profit" (see improve). Meaning "betterment; amelioration" is from 1640s. Meaning "buildings, etc. on a piece of property" is from 1773. Related: Improvements.

noun bettering; something bettered

Example sentences :

The improvement of time ought to be our great and immediate concern.
Extract from : « Female Scripture Biographies, Vol. II » by Francis Augustus Cox

It will be some improvement to mix the meal with milk rather than water.
Extract from : « Directions for Cookery, in its Various Branches » by Eliza Leslie

If there's any improvement in Betty Graham to-day, it's because of you.
Extract from : « The Fortune Hunter » by Louis Joseph Vance

To these scanty means of improvement, she added another of her own contriving.
Extract from : « Little Dorrit » by Charles Dickens

And, indeed, his constant saying was: "There's an improvement already; be patient!"
Extract from : « The Three Cities Trilogy, Complete » by Emile Zola

The improvement in breeding and raising live-stock must not be omitted.
Extract from : « The Nation in a Nutshell » by George Makepeace Towle

The humblest may see a way of improvement in their betters, and obey the command, "Follow me."
Extract from : « Albert Durer » by T. Sturge Moore

How much then will you be to be blamed, if you do not embrace this opportunity of improvement and instruction?
Extract from : « Imogen » by William Godwin

This improvement in the sentiment of railroad men is gratifying.
Extract from : « The Railroad Question » by William Larrabee

He thought the paranoia was an improvement over the wider madness.
Extract from : « Happy Ending » by Fredric Brown

Synonyms for improvement

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