Antonyms for betteringbet·ter·ing

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1. betteringadjective

   changing for the better

   Antonyms:
   worsening

How to use bettering in a sentence?

1. Paul Linehan:

   We no longer have to leave our country. But now others are coming to us. And so…how do we smooth the road for them in terms of their settling in? annie Moore and her family had the same needs as a family from Ukraine coming to my school in Kildare. People are looking for safety for their family. They’re looking for bettering their life.

2. Jake Schick:

   I’m not OK with it, and I won’t allow it, i’m going to be able to look at my son on my deathbed and know that I fought like hell to make it a better place. That’s why we have this nonprofit— these are the spearheads of bettering the lives of those warriors and those families.

3. William Shakespeare, "The Tempest", Act 1 scene 2:

   I, thus neglecting worldly ends, all dedicated To closeness and the bettering of my mind.

4. Valerie Jarrett:

   Raffi Freedman-Gurspan demonstrates the kind of leadership this administration champions, her commitment to bettering the lives of transgender Americans, particularly transgender people of color and those in poverty, reflects the values of this administration.

5. Maria Montessori:

   If education is always to be conceived along the same antiquated lines of a mere transmission of knowledge, there is little to be hoped from it in the bettering of man's future. For what is the use of transmitting knowledge if the individual's total development lags behind?

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