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Tending to retrograde; going or moving backward; declining from a better to a worse state.

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  1. a. Tending to retrograde; going or moving backward; declining from a better to a worse state.
  2. a. Passing from a higher to a lower condition; declining from a more perfect state of organization; regressive.
  3. adj. going from better to worse
  4. 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.
  5. Passing from a higher to a lower condition; declining from amore perfect state of organization; regressive.
  6. j:100 s going from better to worse