unprogressive

adj, noun — 2 senses

unprogressive

adj

Etymology From un- + progressive.

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.1961 June, B. A. Haresnape, “Design on the railway: Part Four”, in Trains Illustrated, page 354:
Derived terms
unprogressively, unprogressiveness

unprogressive

noun

Etymology From un- + progressive.

1

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:

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