unprogress

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noun

The absence or reversal of progress.

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Meanings

noununprogress (uncountable)
  1. uncountableThe absence or reversal of progress.

    But even within the combustion engine era, the law of unprogress continues to apply.

    1991, New Statesman Society, volumes 3-4, page 47
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    What more pitiable palsy on the attempt to make the world grow better at the point where its most subtle malady of unprogress lies could be imagined?

    1912, The Unitarian Advance, volume 3, page 132

Origin

From un- + progress.

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APA

unprogress. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unprogress

MLA

“unprogress.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unprogress. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “unprogress,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unprogress.

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