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diworsify

diworsify verb: to make something worse by diversifying.

Verb

diworsify (third-person singular simple present diworsifies, present participle diworsifying, simple past and past participle diworsified)

  1. (humorous, informal, intransitive, transitive) To make something worse by diversifying.
    • You can see whether and to what extent a fund manager is lagging or beating his or her benchmark, and whether he or she is taking on more risk than the investment universe (or, on the other hand, lagging due to holdings in cash, or "diworsifying" by going beyond its single-sector mandate).2007, James Lowell, What Every Fidelity Investor Needs to Know, Hoboken, N.J.: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., →ISBN, page 102

Forms of diworsify

third-person singular presentdiworsifies
present participlediworsifying
past participlediworsified
pastdiworsified

Origin of diworsify

Blend of diversify + worse.

Questions about diworsify

What does diworsify mean?
Diworsify means to make something worse by diversifying.
What part of speech is diworsify?
Diworsify is a verb.
What is the past tense of diworsify?
The past tense of diworsify is diworsified.

Words near diworsify in the dictionary

  1. DIWKs
  2. diworsification
  3. diworsifications
  4. diworsified
  5. diworsifies
  6. diworsify
  7. diworsifying
  8. Dix
  9. Dix Hills
  10. Dix-Hallpike test
  11. Dix-Hallpike tests

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