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What is the adjective for retrogressive?

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Included below are past participle and present participle forms for the verbs retrograde and retrogress which may be used as adjectives within certain contexts.

retrograde
  1. Directed backwards, retreating; reverting, especially to an inferior state, declining; inverse, reverse; movement opposite to normal or intended motion, often circular motion.
  2. Counterproductive to a desired outcome.
  3. (astronomy) In the opposite direction to the orbited body's spin.
  4. (geology) Describing a metamorphic change resulting from a decreasing pressure or temperature.
  5. Synonyms:
  6. Examples:
    1. “Speckle tracking in migrating cells with retrograde flow had turned out to be more challenging.”
      “The appellant asserts that the building was uninhabitable when he moved in, and that to return it to that state would be a retrograde step.”
      “Ramdane designed the shop's engagingly retrograde decor, which melds warm wood paneling and a turquoise tiled floor.”
retrogressive
  1. Of or relating to retrogression
  2. Directed towards the rear or the past; retrograde
  3. Synonyms:
  4. Examples:
    1. “During winter, in perennial vegetation, a retrogressive flow of sap from the epidermis to the pith of the tree is observed.”
      “It also implies that retrogressive measures in relation to the right to education are not permissible without clear justification.”
      “While these churches initially viewed gospel music as retrogressive, they were gradually won over.”
retrograded
retrograding
retrogressed
retrogressing
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