disimprovement
disimprove
do more harm than good
kick someone when they are down
misalter
impair
fan the flames
aggravating
exacerbating
exasperating
take a turn for the worse
confound
deformation
distortion
exacerbate
worsen
aggravate
exasperate
worsening
misreform
retrograde
kick a dog when it's down
retrogressive
compound
deterioratingly
fall away
make heavy weather of
outblunder
drop behind
suffer
impairment
damage
harm
rub salt in someone's wounds
ameliorate
blessing in disguise
freefall
dismalize
cobra effect
go from bad to worse
fight a losing battle
pejorate
go wrong
outsuck
wusser
take no for an answer
worsener
fall
worse
fail at life
deteriorating
make matters worse
backfiring
tar baby
unblessing
bear the brunt
worm in the apple
reverseful
pessimism
downhill
souring
perfect storm
not a patch on
strugglingly
rearguard action
run
pave the road to hell
tant pis
slough of despond
crash
worst-case scenario
submediocre
come to grief
make a pig's ear of
twist the knife
bring down
backfire
deteriorate
up the ante
tickle the dragon's tail
reap the whirlwind
felix culpa
exacerbatingly
bollocks up
make a hash of
blunderous
dire
catastrophe
hopeless
hot dog
require improvement
pessimize
run for one's life
ouch

English words for 'attempt to make something better while ending up worse than before.'

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