retrogressive
Examples of retrogressing
retrogressing
In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.
Beyond this point we are
retrogressing towards a good life, not progressing towards it.
From the
Hansard archive
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But instead of making progress in those fields we are
retrogressing and, so long as that is the position, it is the measure of our failure.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0
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