What does unprogressive mean?
Unprogressive means Not progressive; not contributing to progress..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · adjective
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.
[…] the unprogressives, the reactionaries, the unenlightened, who refuse to bow down to the god, Art.
Use unprogressive when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Unprogressive means Not progressive; not contributing to progress..
Common synonyms include fusty, standpat, nonprogressive, conservative.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
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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