regressive
adjective/rɪˈɡresɪv/
/rɪˈɡresɪv/
- becoming or making something less advanced
- The policy has been condemned as a regressive step.
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- (specialist) (of taxes) having less effect on the rich than on the poor
- A regressive tax structure is one in which the average tax rate falls as income level rises.
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