retrogressive


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Synonyms for retrogressive

directed or facing toward the back or rear

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Synonyms for retrogressive

going from better to worse

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The level of unapologetic conjecture I've encountered lately isn't just frustrating, it's retrogressive, unprecedented and absolutely terrifying.
And then there's the sea squirt, that poster child for what's called retrogressive metamorphosis.
Cody (September 18), I am not a 'do-gooder' but simply do not believe in retrogressive medieval punishments, such as breaking the leg of the thug who broke a puppy's legs.
South Korean Foreign Minister Yun Byung Se on Monday rapped Osaka Mayor Toru Hashimoto's latest remarks on the so-called comfort women issue as "embarrassing and shameful" and said Japanese politicians "retrogressive words and deeds" pose obstacles for high-level bilateral exchanges with Japan.
Through the above analysis, it is found that the failure in slopes starts with shear deformation at the slope toe and takes the form of retrogressive toe sliding failure.
Here students are working on wthralhng projects like drive-by-wire vehicles, Quadeopters, robots, solar-powered planes and vehicles' Surprisingly, on practical grounds, they do not find any room to exploit their potential because our indusiry is running on a retrogressive path.
Although admitting that he had not seen the contents of the new bill, the Chairperson of the Public Accounts Committee said it would be retrogressive if the new bill would result in a centralised procurement system.
Badal may be starting to look like a character from a cartoon strip, but what's driving Kapil Sibal, who read law at Harvard Law School to stand for retrogressive causes?
Any removal, whether whole or part of the subsidy will be a retrogressive action especially at a time, when fertilizer prizes are increasing on the international market.
The Sydney Morning Herald article noted that both Phillip Hughes and Usman Khawaja have taken retrogressive steps this season, and added that "Shaun Marsh did not cope with the blowtorch that settled on him in his first summer as a Test batsman."
Its intentions are retrogressive and it means that the Liberal Democrats will never be able to claim again that they are progressive.
MR MARKHAM Weavill (Letters, July 11) provides us with a fascinating insight into an unintentional yet ironically retrogressive understanding of progress, previously advocated by political figures such as Edward Heath.
The policy states, UKIP believes that the introduction of tuition fees and loans has been a retrogressive step.