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The sibling post's "disimprovement" sounds more natural and has parallel form with pre-existing broadly accepted English words like "disincentive" and "disinfec
by ThrowawayR2 19d ago
The sibling post's "disimprovement" sounds more natural and has parallel form with pre-existing broadly accepted English words like "disincentive" and "disinfect".
- eqvinox 19d agoNot sure if that's just me, but "disimprovement" sounds like *removing* an improvement that was previously there…
- ThrowawayR2 17d agoAn improvement isn't all or nothing, it can be incremental. The dis- prefix only indicates that the increment is negative in this case.