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Isn't the English word more or less "regression"? If you want to coin a new word, how about updowngrade?

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• eqvinox 1mo ago
  "updowngrade", funnily enough, I would understand as having the (IMO misunderstood/wrong) meaning you're trying to give to "Verschlimmbesserung" in your post here https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49483585 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49483585 (making some parts better and some other parts worse.) That's not what "worseprovement" conveys to me, you can worseprove a single part, intending to make it better, making that same thing actually worse by the very same change.
• pndy 1mo ago
  It's close enough and has been already in use. A regression of features quality - for example. There's no reason to coin a new term at all, nor chasing this idea of using long German word as a replacement.
  • WA 1mo ago
    It works, but regression is broader. If I'm not mistaken, a regression can also happen without human intervention. Verschlimmbesserung is active. Someone actually tried something and made it worse.