unprogressive
Stuck in place
Unprogressive describes someone or something resistant to change, reform, or new ideas.
The term typically carries negative connotations, suggesting backwardness or stagnation: unprogressive policies, an unprogressive attitude toward education.
It's the opposite of progressive, implying a failure to advance or modernize rather than active regression.
Anti-progress political stance
- backward-lookingOriented toward the past
- retrogradeMoving in reverse direction
- hideboundRigidly adhering to tradition
- illiberalOpposed to individual freedoms
right-wing · orthodox · conformist · establishment · intransigent · obstructionist · resistant · dogmatic
Without motion or change
- unchangingNot varying at all
- stalledStopped unexpectedly
- dormantInactive but capable
- sluggishSlow and inactive
inert · moribund · ossified · sclerotic · fossilized · stuck · arrested · halted
No longer in use
- old-fashionedBelonging to earlier times
- archaicBelonging to earlier times
- outmodedNo longer in fashion
- behind-the-timesOut of step culturally
dated · anachronistic · obsolete · backward · fusty · unfashionable · Victorian · antediluvian
reactionary
Anti-progress political stance
- backward-lookingOriented toward the past
- retrogradeMoving in reverse direction
- hideboundRigidly adhering to tradition
illiberal · right-wing · orthodox · conformist · establishment · intransigent · obstructionist · resistant · dogmatic · fundamentalist
static
Without motion or change
- unchangingNot varying at all
- stalledStopped unexpectedly
- dormantInactive but capable
sluggish · inert · moribund · ossified · sclerotic · fossilized · stuck · arrested · halted · torpid
outdated
No longer in use
- old-fashionedBelonging to earlier times
- archaicBelonging to earlier times
- outmodedNo longer in fashion
behind-the-times · dated · anachronistic · obsolete · backward · fusty · unfashionable · Victorian · antediluvian · prehistoric
unprogressiveprogressive
Favoring reform and innovation
reformist · liberal · radical · revolutionary · forward-thinking
unprogressiveopen-minded
Receptive to different ideas
broad-minded · large-minded · unconventional · unorthodox · nonconformist
progress, progression, progressive, regressive, progressivism, regressively, regressiveness