unprogressiveadj.n.
/(ˌ)ʌnprəˈɡrɛsɪv/, U.S. /ˌənprəˈɡrɛsɪv/ That does not progress or advance; (now) esp. opposed to innovation or (esp. social) reform.In quot. 1722 as n.: (with the) that which is unprogressive.
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the world > time > change > absence of change, changelessness > maintaining state or condition > [adjective] > opposed to change
Tory1651
unprogressive1722
conservative1802
old-line1803
improgressive1809
old school1816
conservatory1822
conservatist1835
unmarching1837
mossbacked1876
mossy1904
passéist1914
pastist1921
Luddite1957
1722 R. Blackmore Redemption iv. 190 When years and ages having run their race Of th' unprogressive now disclose the face.
1724 L. Welsted Epist., Odes &c. p. xiii How long they continu'd in such an unprogressive State.
1780 C. Polhill Refl. Short Hist. Opposition 19 Our Frigates are decaying, and our veteran Troops mouldering away, in a fruitless and unprogressive War against the Colonies.
1851 H. W. Torrens in Jrnl. Asiatic Soc. Bengal 1850 19 40 Such a description of unprogressive civilization.
1869 H. F. Tozer Res. Highlands of Turkey I. 141 Their mode of life..left them..uninstructed and unprogressive.
1911 J. C. Walters Phases of Dickens iv. 214 Podsnappery stands for the perpetuation of all that is wrong, slow, old-fashioned, and unprogressive.
1942 L. D. Rich We took to Woods iii. 92 The cutting used to be done with a hand ice-saw, until Larry decided that that was unprogressive.
2006 Herald (Glasgow) (Nexis) 28 Dec. 13 How easy this is to camouflage by draping the cloak of liberalism across it; saying we have to de-regulate alcohol because to do otherwise is unprogressive.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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adj.n.1722