verschlimmbessern

To make a situation worse in an attempt to make it better.

Girl: Some dude catcalled me!
Guy: At least he thought you were pretty enough to catcall.
Girl: >:(
Onlooker: That was a rough case of verschlimmbessern.

by imjustabill July 3, 2021

verschlimmbessern

To Make Worse / To Disimprove

But will it change or verschlimmbessern

by Dan Pash Autist June 16, 2021

Verschlimmbesserung

An attempted improvement that makes things worse than they already were. This is a very common German expression which has no good translation in English. It is pronounced "Fair-shleam-besser-oonk" (schlimmer = worse, besser = better).

The recent Facebook update is another Verschlimmbesserung.

by Victoria Caroline Anastasia II September 27, 2011