Antonyms for improvements

Grammar : Noun

Spell : im-proov-muhnt

Phonetic Transcription : ɪmˈpruv mənt

Definition of improvements

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 :

I gave him hopes of Frederica's relenting, and told him a great deal of her improvements.
Extract from : « Lady Susan » by Jane Austen

Others exclaimed, 'Where will improvements and discoveries stop?'
Extract from : « Heroes of the Telegraph » by J. Munro

We are also much at a loss for want of proper methods in our improvements of farming.
Extract from : « The Letters of Robert Burns » by Robert Burns

What suggestions and improvements and alterations they made!
Extract from : « A Singer from the Sea » by Amelia Edith Huddleston Barr

The improvements have been made by the following circumstances.
Extract from : « The Enclosures in England » by Harriett Bradley

There had been, it is true, some improvements over Franklin's printing press.
Extract from : « The Age of Invention » by Holland Thompson

The number of improvements since his seagoing days was astonishing.
Extract from : « Cap'n Warren's Wards » by Joseph C. Lincoln

They have more self-reliance, and they are keen after improvements.
Extract from : « Ireland as It Is » by Robert John Buckley (AKA R.J.B.)

The Achil folks are hopeless in the direction of improvements.
Extract from : « Ireland as It Is » by Robert John Buckley (AKA R.J.B.)

Gone scouting to see what the rival concerns have got in the way of improvements.
Extract from : « Mixed Faces » by Roy Norton

Synonyms for improvements

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