Development and Rot

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Development noun - The act or process of going from the simple or basic to the complex or advanced.

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Rot is an antonym for development.

Rot noun - Language, behavior, or ideas that are absurd and contrary to good sense.

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Development is an antonym for rot in topics: garbage, corrosion.

Nearby Words: rotted, rotting, rote

good	good development	good rot
heavy	heavy development	heavy rot
real	real development	real rot
great	great development	great rot
Other adjectives: slow, social, early, major, less, further, eventual, recent, ongoing.

However, most will agree that the series really began to rot with Shadow the Hedgehog thanks to constant rush jobs, as well as the development hell that ultimately doomed Sonic the Hedgehog (2006).

Source: Seasonal Rot
Was Seasonal Rot and Flanderization (especially on Gumball and Darwin's part) setting in, or had the show grown the beard with its development of the characters and setting of the series?

Source: Broken Base / Western Animation
A fan of either Arrested Development or Frisky Dingo will almost certainly enjoy Archer, whereas someone who found either show repetitive or too low-key probably won't.Come Season 5, the show took a radical departure from its usual approach to prevent Seasonal Rot.

Source: Western Animation / Archer

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