disimprovement/dɪsɪmˈpɹuːvm(ə)nt/EtymologyFrom dis- + improvement.nounReduction from a better to a worse state.“[...] '[T]is very reaſonable, that all ſhould be obliged to the Law of Justice. [...] And as to the Public, 'twould be all one as if there were no Property; and then for want of Encouragement and Security, the final iſſue of the matter would be, an utter neglect and diſimprovement of the Earth, and a continual diſturbance of the Public Peace.”Attempt to make something better while ending up worse than before.