verschlimmbessern

Etymology
, attributed to. See also.

Verb

 * 1)  to make something worse in an honest but failed attempt to improve it
 * 2)  to edit a text and thereby unintentionally distort it
 * 1)  to edit a text and thereby unintentionally distort it
 * 1)  to edit a text and thereby unintentionally distort it