On Tue, 28 Apr 2020 03:54:35 +0100, Rod Speed wrote:



"Commander Kinsey" wrote in message
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On Sun, 26 Apr 2020 20:05:39 +0100, Rod Speed
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"Commander Kinsey" wrote in message
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On Sun, 26 Apr 2020 14:42:18 +0100, Hawk wrote:

On 4/25/2020 6:09 PM, Commander Kinsey wrote:
On Sat, 25 Apr 2020 22:52:17 +0100, Peter Duncanson [BrE]
wrote:

On Sat, 25 Apr 2020 21:25:30 +0100, "Commander Kinsey"
wrote:

Why is there no opposite of improve? If I do work on my house I
improve it. If I do it badly so it doesn't look as good€¦ there is no
word for this.

You might find a ueful word he
https://www.thesaurus.com/browse/improve?s=t

Antonyms for improve
blow
decline
decrease
demote
depress
descend
deteriorate
diminish
drop
halt
hinder
hurt
lessen
lose
lower
recede
reduce
repress
retreat
retrogress
stop
worsen
corrupt
damage
destroy
dirty
dull
pollute
ruin
weaken
harm
injure

None of those work, but someone else suggested "spoiled".

Most will work, you simply coose not to use them.

I wanted the opposite of:
He painted the living room and improved it.

These:
He painted the living room and blew it.
He painted the living room and declined it.
He painted the living room and decreased it.
He painted the living room and demoted it.
He painted the living room and depressed it.
He painted the living room and descended it.
He painted the living room and deteriorated it.
He painted the living room and diminished it.
He painted the living room and dropped it.
He painted the living room and halted it.
He painted the living room and hindered it.
He painted the living room and hurt it.
He painted the living room and lessened it.
He painted the living room and lost it.
He painted the living room and lowered it.
He painted the living room and receded it.
He painted the living room and repressed it.
He painted the living room and retreated it.
He painted the living room and retrogressed it.
He painted the living room and stopped it.
He painted the living room and corrupted it.
He painted the living room and damaged it.
He painted the living room and destroyed it.
He painted the living room and dirtied it.
He painted the living room and dulled it.
He painted the living room and polluted it.
He painted the living room and ruined it.
He painted the living room and weakened it.
He painted the living room and harmed it.
He painted the living room and injured it.
Don't sound quite right.

This is possible:
He painted the living room and worsened it.

He painted the living room and made it worse.

Its stupid to demand and single word.

How can you write "and" instead of "a"?

Just a typo auto corrected, stupid.

What did you type instead of a to get something that your computer thought was and?

And you don't use autocorrect, or there wouldn't be errors in every single sentence you write.

And a single word is more concise

But doesnt work as well for most real
world situations as the other single words.

It would if we had the right words.

and more efficient

Bull**** it is when you have to hunt around for
days to find the single word that doesnt work
as well in almost every real world situation.

than three. Would you buy a car that used 3 gallons instead of 1?

Stupid question, stupid.

I'll take that as a no, so why use 3 words instead of 1?