• the cure is worse than the disease

the cure is worse than the disease (suomeksi)

Määritelmät:

• The medical treatment for an illness produces a worse netAdjective, net result than the illness does (or threatens a non-negligible risk of doing so), especially via adverse effects.
• (lb, en, figuratively) The solution or proposed solution to a problem produces a worse netAdjective, net result than the problem does (or threatens a non-negligible risk of doing so), especially via w:unintended consequences, unintended consequences.