unprogressive

English

Etymology

From un- +‎ progressive.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɛsɪv

Adjective

unprogressive (comparative more unprogressive, superlative most unprogressive)

1. Not progressive; not contributing to progress.
   • 1961 June, B. A. Haresnape, “Design on the railway: Part Four”, in Trains Illustrated, page 354:

     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

unprogressive (plural unprogressives)

1. A person whose views are not progressive.
   • 1909, Edwin Anderson Alderman, Joel Chandler Harris, Charles W. Kent, Library of Southern Literature: Biography (page 671)

     […] the unprogressives, the reactionaries, the unenlightened, who refuse to bow down to the god, Art.