Usually means: Make worse; reduce quality, effectiveness.
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  1. disimprove: Merriam-Webster
  2. disimprove: Collins English Dictionary
  3. disimprove: Wordnik
  4. disimprove: Wiktionary
  5. Disimprove: Dictionary.com
  6. Disimprove: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  7. disimprove: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  8. Disimprove: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  9. disimprove: FreeDictionary.org
  10. Disimprove: TheFreeDictionary.com

Definitions from Wiktionary (disimprove)

verb:  (transitive, rare) To make worse.
verb:  (intransitive, rare) To deteriorate.
verb:  (informal, rare, influenced by the German verb verschlimmbessern) To try to make something better but end up making it worse.

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