unprogressive

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unprogressive

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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 s

noun unprogressives

A person whose views are not progressive. […] the unprogressives, the reactionaries, the unenlightened, who refuse to bow down to the god, Art.

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@misc{unprogressive_2026,
  title = {unprogressive},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/unprogressive},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}