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Unprogressive

adj, noun

Definitions

Adjective

1
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 service; the existing modernisation scheme had, he said, been lying like an iceberg, mostly beneath the surface."

Adjective

1
old-fashioned and out of date wordnet

Noun

1
A person whose views are not progressive.
"[…] the unprogressives, the reactionaries, the unenlightened, who refuse to bow down to the god, Art."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From un- + progressive.

Etymology 2

From un- + progressive.

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