retrogressive Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective satellite going from better to worse
    retrograde.

WordNet

Re`tro*gres"sive adjective
Etymology
Cf. F. rétrogressif.
Definitions
  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.

Webster 1913