Improve and Mess up

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Improve

Improve verb - To make better.
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Mess up is an antonym for improve.
Nearby Words: improvement, improving, improvable, improver

Mess up

Mess up verb - To make or do (something) in a clumsy or unskillful way.
Usage example: messed up the drawing and had to start over
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Improve is an antonym for mess up.
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  • Video Game / XCOM: Enemy Unknown The chairman only expresses concern when several council members withdraw and even if you mess up a few times over the month he's still confident that you'll improve.
    Source: Video Game / XCOM: Enemy Unknown
  • It's a Wonderful Failure: Mess up, and you get a cutscene showing the characters' Fate Worse Than Death, followed by a return to the Midnight Society campfire where the members vote on the story and give you hints on how to improve it.
    Source: Video Game / The Tale of Orpheo's Curse
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