Antonyms for improvement
ɪmˈpruv məntim·prove·ment

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1. improvement

   The returns or receipts include all that is received from an outlay or investment; the profit is the excess (if any) of the receipts over the outlay; hence, in government, morals, etc., the profit is what is really good, helpful, useful, valuable. Utility is chiefly used in the sense of some immediate or personal and generally some material good. Advantage is that which gives one a vantage-ground, either for coping with competitors or with difficulties, needs, or demands; as to have the advantage of a good education; it is frequently used of what one has beyond another or secures at the expense of another; as, to have the advantage of another in an argument, or to take advantage of another in a bargain. Gain is what one secures beyond what he previously possessed. Benefit is anything that does one good. Emolument is profit, return, or value accruing through official position. Expediency has respect to profit or advantage, real or supposed, considered apart from or perhaps in opposition to right, in actions having a moral character. Compare UTILITY.

   Antonyms:
   damage, destruction, detriment, disadvantage, harm, hurt, injury, loss, ruin, waste

   Synonyms:
   advantage, avail, benefit, emolument, expediency, gain, good, proceeds, profit, receipts, return, returns, service, usefulness, utility, value

   Preposition:
   The profit of labor; on capital; in business.

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1. improvement

   Antonyms:
   degeneracy, degeneration, deterioration, debasement, retrogradation, retrogression

   Synonyms:
   advancement, amendment, progress, increase, correction, proficiency

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Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. improvement, betterment, advancenoun

   a change for the better; progress in development

   Antonyms:
   declination, decline

   Synonyms:
   progress, amelioration, forward motion, procession, advance, advancement, feeler, melioration, approach, cash advance, overture, rise, progression, onward motion, betterment

2. improvementnoun

   the act of improving something

   "their improvements increased the value of the property"

   Antonyms:
   declination, decline

   Synonyms:
   melioration, betterment, advance

3. improvement, meliorationnoun

   a condition superior to an earlier condition

   "the new school represents a great improvement"

   Antonyms:
   declination, decline

   Synonyms:
   amelioration, melioration, betterment, advance

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1. improvementnoun

   Synonyms:
   betterment, amelioration, meliorism, utilization

How to use improvement in a sentence?

1. President Xi Jinping:

   With improvement to the renminbi exchange rate regime and progress in RMB internationalisation, it is quite normal that China's foreign reserves may increase or decrease, and there is no need to overreact to it.

2. Wang Tie Shi:

   China's foreign trade sector will likely improve from last year due to low comparables, but the improvement will not be dramatic, as the trends in external markets are not great, we've started to see improvement in PMI and other indicators, which points to some degree of recovery going into the second quarter.

3. Boaz Arzi:

   I would say that most of our cats, if I have to give a number 60 to 70 percent have responded favorably to the treatment either by complete resolution or substantial clinical improvement without complete resolution at six months.

4. Roddy Davidson:

   Whilst it is disappointing to see further restructuring costs and little, if any, improvement in underlying markets, we are broadly encouraged that Pearson has decided to redouble its efforts to meet external and internal challenges, we believe the market will also be relieved by its decision to maintain dividends at 2015 year levels.

5. Fed Chair Janet Yellen:

   The pace of improvement in the labor market appears to have slowed more recently, suggesting that our cautious approach ... remains appropriate, proceeding cautiously in raising the federal funds rate will allow us to keep the monetary support to economic growth in place while we assess whether growth is returning to a moderate pace, whether the labor market will strengthen further, and whether inflation will continue to make progress.

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