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nonimprovement en · NOUN

Etymology

From non- + improvement.

Meanings

  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:

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