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unprogress

unprogress noun: the absence or reversal of progress.

Noun

unprogress (uncountable)

  1. The absence or reversal of progress.
    • What more pitiable palsy on the attempt to make the world grow better at the point where its most subtle malady of unprogress lies could be imagined?1912, The Unitarian Advance, volume 3, page 132
    • But even within the combustion engine era, the law of unprogress continues to apply.1991, New Statesman Society, volumes 3-4, page 47

Origin of unprogress

From un- + progress.

Questions about unprogress

What does unprogress mean?
Unprogress means the absence or reversal of progress.
What part of speech is unprogress?
Unprogress is a noun.

Words near unprogress in the dictionary

  1. unprofuse
  2. unprofusely
  3. unprognosticated
  4. unprogrammable
  5. unprogrammed
  6. unprogress
  7. unprogressed
  8. unprogressing
  9. unprogressional
  10. unprogressive
  11. unprogressively

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