Hypertext Webster Gateway: "retrogressive"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Retrogressive \Re`tro*gres"sive\, a. [Cf. F. r['e]trogressif.]
1. Tending to retrograde; going or moving backward; declining
from a better to a worse state.
2. (Biol.) Passing from a higher to a lower condition;
declining from a more perfect state of organization;
regressive.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
retrogressive
adj : going from better to worse [syn: {declining}, {deteriorating},
{failing}, {regressing}, {retrograde}]
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