On 2011-03-10 7:04, eckinator wrote:
there is a wonderful German word, "Verschlimmbesserung" - meaning an
improvement that makes (more or other) things worse. can anyone give
an English equivalent?

I don't know of a one-word equivalent, but there's an old saying about giving with one hand and taking away with the other.

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Thanks,
DougF (KG4LMZ)

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