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nonimprovement

nonimprovement noun: lack of improvement; failure to improve.

Noun

nonimprovement (countable and uncountable, plural nonimprovements)

  1. (uncountable) Lack of improvement; failure to improve.
  2. (countable) A change that is not an improvement.
    • The rate of imitation was about the same among solutions that were improvements and nonimprovements, suggesting that improvements were often achieved by imitating a relatively successful participant's solution and then slightly tweaking this solution.2013, The Psychology of Learning and Motivation, page 30

Forms of nonimprovement

pluralnonimprovements

Origin of nonimprovement

From non- + improvement.

Questions about nonimprovement

What does nonimprovement mean?
Nonimprovement means lack of improvement; failure to improve.
What part of speech is nonimprovement?
Nonimprovement is a noun.
What is the plural of nonimprovement?
The plural of nonimprovement is nonimprovements.

Words near nonimprovement in the dictionary

  1. nonimpressionist
  2. nonimprinted
  3. nonimprisonable
  4. nonimprisoned
  5. nonimproved
  6. nonimprovement
  7. nonimprovements
  8. nonimprover
  9. nonimprovers
  10. nonimpulsive
  11. nonimpulsivity

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