if it ain't broke, don't fix it
leave well enough alone
misoptimize
unimprovably
improvable
law of diminishing returns
hard-core
alternativity
improve on
God works in mysterious ways
do-or-die
make one's own luck
trim one's sails
unlikely
self-handicap
workaround
more is more
underachieve
let lie
a foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds
improvably
reform
in the lap of the gods
redeemable
reformable
rearrange the deck chairs on the Titanic
preservation
pseudoimprovement
conservation
counterstrategy
whistle past the graveyard
future-proof
push one's luck
wing and prayer
precontemplator
semi-naive
fan the flames
a stitch in time saves nine
plan B
turn one's life around
better to light a single candle than to curse the darkness
zoom
go nowhere
mismend
flat out
disimprovement
promises, promises
strike out looking
Darwinian
brittle
counterproductive
ask for trouble
rest on one's laurels
ask for it
emendation
miss the boat
premortem
constructive criticism
emend
short-sightedness
extinction
ineffectuality
ineffectiveness
ineffectualness
promise
disimprove
self-defeating
unimprovement
modificability
polish
cleanliness
nonadjustment
nonimprovement
regret
flaky
stymie
punk out
languish
fall up
blockade
underfix
die on the vine
shore
overdeviation
embarrass
adaptate
obstruct
make the perfect the enemy of the good
block
go hard or go home
nonadaptation
let the perfect be the enemy of the good
hinder
fainaigue
not give much for someone's chances
stymy
be careful what you wish for

English words for 'Leave something alone; avoid attempting to correct, fix, or improve what is already sufficient (often with an implication that the attempted improvement is risky and might backfire).'

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