unprogressive
unprogressive adjective: not progressive; not contributing to progress.
Adjective
unprogressive (comparative more unprogressive, superlative most unprogressive)
- Not progressive; not contributing to progress.
- Introducing a comprehensive re-design scheme for the Canadian National Railways earlier this year, the Director of Public Relations, Mr. C. A. Harris, said a 1959 survey by his department had revealed that the railways were felt by the public to be unprogressive and slow to improve performance and...1961 June, B. A. Haresnape, “Design on the railway: Part Four”, in Trains Illustrated, page 354
Noun
unprogressive (plural unprogressives)
- A person whose views are not progressive.
- […] the unprogressives, the reactionaries, the unenlightened, who refuse to bow down to the god, Art.1909, Edwin Anderson Alderman, Joel Chandler Harris, Charles W. Kent, Library of Southern Literature: Biography, page 671
unprogressive meaning in Tamil and Kannada
unprogressive in Tamil
- முன்னேற்றமில்லாத
unprogressive in Kannada
- ಪ್ರಗತಿಹೀನ, ಅಭಿವೃದ್ಧಿ ಹೊಂದದ
Forms of unprogressive
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| comparative | more unprogressive |
| superlative | most unprogressive |
| Noun | |
| plural | unprogressives |
Origin of unprogressive
From un- + progressive.
Words formed from unprogressive
Words that rhyme with unprogressive
- incessive
- progressive
- aggressive
- ingressive
- oppressive
- depressive
- egressive
- essive
- expressive
- impressive
- obsessive
- possessive
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- recessive
- successive
- accessive
- caressive
- concessive
- degressive
- digressive
- double possessive
- passive-aggressive
- pressive
- regressive
- retrogressive
- transgressive
- abessive
- addressive
- adessive
- alloaggressive
- allosuppressive
- antessive
- antidepressive
- antiexpressive
- antioppressive
- antiprogressive
- antirepressive
- anxiodepressive
- atheroprogressive
- atherosuppressive
- autogressive
- autoregressive
- autorepressive
- brogressive
- cardiodepressive
- cardiosuppressive
- compressive
- concrescive
- confessive
- congressive
- corepressive
- crescive
- decompressive
- derepressive
- dispossessive
- effervescive
- excessive
- exessive
- fauxgressive
- fibrosuppressive
- future perfect progressive
Questions about unprogressive
- What does unprogressive mean?
- Unprogressive means not progressive; not contributing to progress.
- What is unprogressive in Tamil?
- Unprogressive in Tamil is முன்னேற்றமில்லாத. See Unprogressive meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is unprogressive?
- Unprogressive can be an adjective or a noun.
Words near unprogressive in the dictionary
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