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to diworsify

to diworsify

9.9
To spread projects or investments so they make things worse
  • verb
  • /daɪˈwɜːrsɪfaɪ/
  • Jargon
: diworsificar
  • If you diworsify your investments by buying too many different types of stocks, your overall performance may suffer.

Examples

  • Don't diworsify your portfolio by adding low-quality stocks.

  • You risk your returns if you diworsify your investments without careful research.

  • Analysts warned that continued attempts to diworsify would hurt the firm's reputation.

  • Many companies diworsify when they acquire businesses outside their core area.

  • The company diworsified its product line last year.

  • Many companies diworsify when they invest in unrelated ventures that dilute their brand.

  • The team's decision to diworsify their projects led to a decline in overall quality and lost focus.

Synonyms

to worsify
vsto diworsify
  • Informal
9.9

To make something worse

is about making something worse by adding varied projects or investments

Antonyms

to improve
∞ 1.0

To make something better

to enhance
343 4.0

Make something better or more attractive

How Damaging

to ruin
∞ 2.0
to diworsify
  • Jargon
9.9
to diversify
42 5.3

Surface Forms

diworsify infinitive
diworsified past
diworsified past participle
diworsifying present participle
diworsifies third person singular

Morphology

diworsify = diversify (semi-transparent) = di + wors + ify

The nonce word is clearly modeled on 'diversify' with replacement of an element by 'wors' (from 'worse'), so learners who know 'diversify' and 'worse' can infer the joke but the formation is nonstandard.

Etymology

Diworsify is a modern mix of diversify and worse. Think of diversify plus the ending -ify meaning 'to make', but with 'worse' in the middle, so it means 'to make something worse by diversifying'.