unprogressive

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
19
Words With Friends
24
Letters
13

Definition of unprogressive

2 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

adj

  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.”
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adj

  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.”

noun

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

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Etymology

From un- + progressive.

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11-letter words

2 words

10-letter words

12 words

9-letter words

39 words

8-letter words

118 words

7-letter words

28 words

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