unprogressive
- adjective
- /ʌnprəˈɡrɛsɪv/
:
retrógrado
- His unprogressive views on technology made it difficult for him to adapt to the fast-changing world.
Examples
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This is the theory of "Oriental despotism," according to which civilizations centered on river valleys supposedly are inherently despotic and unprogressive.
Academic text (1999) -
This law turns the clock back nearly 100 years here in the seemingly unprogressive South and is simply embarrassing.
Blog text (20) -
Unilateral decisions among those involved in transplantation without an assessment of public opinion may be presumptuous and unprogressive.
Academic text (1991) -
Vaterland was a symbol that provided a basis for continuity amidst dislocation and unity beyond customary local attachments, but ultimately it became a symbol of a backward, unprogressive Old Country that emerged as distinct from a new American reality.
Academic text (1992) -
Adepts at cultural studies would have no difficulty discoursing at length about the unprogressive aspects of Frank Sinatra's attitudes about women, but they would be unable to say anything meaningful about Sinatra's creative achievement without transgressing their defining shibboleths.
Academic text (1999) -
The committee's unyielding stance on modern education reforms showed how unprogressive they had become.
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Many people feel that the company's unprogressive policies are limiting innovation and creativity.
Synonyms
∞
4.6
Does not want big changes and likes traditional values
22
7.9
Very unwilling to accept change or new ideas
11
4.7
Not willing to change or accept other ideas
8
8.6
A person who wants society to go back to how it was and opposes change
5
7.5
A return to an earlier, less advanced state that stops progress
5
6.3
Not willing to accept new ideas or change
3
7.2
Beliefs and ways that people in a family or group keep for a long time
2
9.5
Still holding old beliefs and unwilling to change
1
9.9
Refusing to change beliefs or show regret, even when wrong
1
8.3
A change that makes things go back to a worse state
1
8.4
Very traditional in politics and strongly against change
1
9.9
Old-fashioned and slow to accept new ideas
1
8.0
Old-fashioned and not open to change
Not able to change when facing new conditions
Not wanting political or social changes
Opposing slow change in society and its rules
Very old-fashioned and against change
Not willing to change and sticking to old ways
Antonyms
How Progressive
165
5.5
251
4.8
149
4.7
306
4.4
8
8.6
Surface Forms
Morphology
unprogressive = progressive (transparent) = un + progress + ive
Meaning is a straightforward negation of 'progressive' by the productive prefix 'un-'.
Etymology
Unprogressive is made of un- meaning 'not' and progress meaning 'to move forward' or 'to develop'. So unprogressive literally means 'not moving forward' and describes people, ideas, or rules that are old-fashioned and unwilling to accept change.