Meanings
nounnonimprovement (countable and uncountable, plural nonimprovements)
plural nonimprovements
- uncountableLack of improvement; failure to improve.
- countableA change that is not an improvement.
The rate of imitation was about the same among solutions that were improvements and nonimprovements, suggesting that improvements were often achieved by imitating a relatively successful participant's solution and then slightly tweaking this solution.
2013, The Psychology of Learning and Motivation, page 30
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