unprogress

English

Etymology

From un- +‎ progress.

Noun

unprogress (uncountable)

1. The absence or reversal of progress.
   • 1912, The Unitarian Advance, volume 3, page 132:

     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?

   • 1991, New Statesman Society, volumes 3-4, page 47:

     But even within the combustion engine era, the law of unprogress continues to apply.