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Why do you change something if not to make it better, though? Trying to improve things is implicit.


The point of Verschlimmbesserung is to show your good intentions to improve something failed.

Improvement = Verbesserung

Worsening = Verschlimmerung

Worsening because you tried to improve = Verschlimmbesserung

Ask your local carpenter or plumber how many of their jobs have to do with people trying to fix a damage and make it worse


Of course there's many reasons to make something worse intentionally. Revenge for example.


Worsen it from the perspective of the judge, not from the person doing it.




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