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As for the orthography reform: At one stage confronted with loads of examples re the nonsense, that rather than an improvement would turn out as an ‘improworsement’ (German: Verschlimmbesserung’), the political experts would sigh: ‘Oh dear, you are right but now the new dictionaries are printed and it would be just unaffordable to withdraw them.’
bilby commented on the word Verschlimmbesserung
"What does die Verschlimmbesserung mean?
Die Verschlimmbesserung describes an action that is supposed to improve something, but ends up making it worse, instead. An example of a Verschlimmbesserung would be a dodgy DIY job – an attempt to make something better, which only causes more damage!"
- https://blogs.transparent.com/german/untranslatable-german-words-verschlimmbesserung/
May 14, 2019