non-progressive
adjective
(alsononprogressive)uk/ˌnɒn.prəˈɡres.ɪv/us/ˌnɑːn.prəˈɡres.ɪv/non-progressiveadjective(OF DISEASE)
medicine
(of amedicalcondition) notcontinuingtodevelop; notbecomingworseor moreserious:
It is a non-progressivedisorder, so thedamagewill not get anyworse.
Somediseasescanremainnonprogressive foryears.
- He has a non-progressiveformof theillnessand hisconditionisstable.
- I have ararenonprogressiveformof thedisease.
Keeping and staying the same
- anti-progressive
- calcification
- calcify
- consistency
- consistent
- continuum
- hover
- insensitivity
- invariant
- inveteracy
- leave well aloneidiom
- left
- peg
- stabilization
- stabilize
- stably
- stay
- steadfast
- wallow
- wouldn't have it any other wayidiom
non-progressiveadjective(POLITICS)
notsupportingorencouragingchangeinsocietyor in the way that things are done:
The non-progressivepartieshave done well in therecentelections.
I would notwanttolivein such a non-progressivesociety.
Synonym
conservative
- Theycomplainedthat I was non-progressive because I did notagreeto thechanges.
- A few of my non-progressivecolleagueswereunhappyabout theproposal.
Old or old-fashioned
- age-old
- ageing
- ancient
- antediluvian
- anti-progressive
- creaky
- fossilization
- fossilize
- fossilized
- frumpy
- fusty
- have hadits/yourdayidiom
- neanderthal
- outdated
- outmoded
- outworn
- passé
- petrified
- vintage
- went out with the arkidiom
non-progressiveadjective(GRAMMAR)
language
A non-progressiveformof averbis one thatshowsthat theactionis nolongercontinuing:
InEnglish,stativeverbs(=verbsthatdescribeastateratherthan anaction)are non-progressive.
Englishgrammarhas aprogressiveaspectand a non-progressiveaspect.
Synonym
continuous
- The non-progressiveformis theunmarkedorneutralform.
Linguistics: verb forms, tenses & types of verbs
- accusative
- art
- bare infinitive
- bent
- continuous
- infinitive
- participle
- passive
- passivization
- pluperfect
- present
- present participle
- progressive
- the active voice
- the first person
- the future perfect
- the past continuous
- the present continuous
- the present perfect
- the third person