| DESCRIPTIVISM | • descriptivism n. (Linguistics) The practice of describing realistic forms, as opposed to prescribing idealistic norms… • DESCRIPTIVISM n. a theory of ethics by which only empirical statements are acceptable. |
| DESCRIPTIVISMS | • descriptivisms n. Plural of descriptivism. • DESCRIPTIVISM n. a theory of ethics by which only empirical statements are acceptable. |
| DISIMPROVE | • disimprove v. (Transitive, rare) to make worse. • disimprove v. (Intransitive, rare) to deteriorate. • disimprove v. (Informal, rare, influenced by the German verb verschlimmbessern) To try to make something better but… |
| DISIMPROVED | • disimproved v. Simple past tense and past participle of disimprove. • DISIMPROVE v. to make worse. |
| DISIMPROVES | • disimproves v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of disimprove. • DISIMPROVE v. to make worse. |
| DISIMPROVING | • disimproving v. Present participle of disimprove. • DISIMPROVE v. to make worse. |
| IMPOVERISHED | • impoverished adj. Reduced to poverty. • impoverished adj. Having lost a component, an ingredient, or a faculty or a feature; rendered poor in something; depleted. • impoverished v. Simple past tense and past participle of impoverish. |
| IMPROVIDENCES | • improvidences n. Plural of improvidence. • IMPROVIDENCE n. the state of being improvident. |
| IMPROVISATED | • improvisated v. Simple past tense and past participle of improvisate. • IMPROVISATE v. (obsolete) to improvise. |
| IMPROVISED | • improvised adj. Created by improvisation; impromptu; unrehearsed. • improvised v. Simple past tense and past participle of improvise. • IMPROVISE v. to compose and recite, or perform, without preparation. |
| MISIMPROVED | • misimproved v. Simple past tense and past participle of misimprove. • MISIMPROVE v. to make worse by would-be improvement. |
| MISPERCEIVED | • misperceived v. Simple past tense and past participle of misperceive. • MISPERCEIVE v. to perceive wrongly. |
| OVERSIMPLIFIED | • oversimplified adj. Having been simplified to the point where important information is not conveyed. • oversimplified v. Past participle of oversimplify. • OVERSIMPLIFY v. to simplify to such an extent as to bring about distortion, misunderstanding, or error. |
| PRIMIGRAVIDAS | • primigravidas n. Plural of primigravida. • PRIMIGRAVIDA n. (Lat.) a woman pregnant for the first time. |
| VAMPIRISED | • vampirised v. Simple past tense and past participle of vampirise. • VAMPIRISE v. to play the vampire, also VAMPIRIZE. |