DEFINITION: v. To make something worse while attempting to make it better. n. A bad improvement.

Badvancement

Created by: Tigger

Pronunciation: /bad-VANS-mehnt/

Sentence: It seems that each new elected politician is a badvancement on the last one. Although they promise improvement after improvement, and all sorts of advancements, things keep going from bad to worse.

Etymology: Bad - of poor or inferior quality; defective (of uncertain origin; meaning of "defective or inferior" first recorded around 1300 AD) + Advancement - a forward step; an improvement (from Old French, avancer "move forward")

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