retrogress
Use Retrogress in a sentence
trəˈgrɛs, ˈrɛ verb (used without object)
1.
to go backward into an earlier and usually worse condition: to retrogress to infantilism.
2.
to move backward.
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| —vb | |
| 1. | to go back to an earlier, esp worse, condition; degenerate or deteriorate |
| 2. | to move backwards; recede |
| 3. | biology to develop characteristics or features of lower or simpler organisms; degenerate |
| [C19: from Latin retrōgressus having moved backwards, from retrōgradī; see | |
| retro'gression | |
| —n | |
| retro'gressive | |
| —adj | |
| retro'gressively | |
| —adv | |
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Example sentences
Fluctuations can cause cut-off date movement to slow, stop, or even retrogress.
Such fluctuations can cause cut-off date movement to slow, stop, or even retrogress.
Disturbance of this plant community for any reason causes it to retrogress to an earlier stage of development.
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