improgressive

English

Etymology

From im- +‎ progressive.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɛsɪv

Adjective

improgressive (comparative more improgressive, superlative most improgressive)

1. Not progressive.

   Synonym: unprogressive

   • 2020 July 21, David Bromwich, “An American Poet Shaped by the Futility and Sadism of War”, in The New York Times‎^[1]:

     The texture of “The Enormous Room” is keyed-up and rather loose, at once frenetic and static, the notations as wandering and improgressive as day after day in prison must be.

   • 1824, Thomas De Quincey, “Goethe”, in London Magazine:

     Cathedral cities in England, imperial cities without manufactures in Germany, are all in an improgressive condition. The public employments of every class in such places continue the same from generation to generation.

Derived terms

• improgressively
• improgressiveness

Translations

Translations

• Finnish: edistymätön (fi), edistämätön
• German: unprogressiv
• Polish: niepostępowy

References

• “improgressive”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.