Regressive in a sentence

And it’s why the “progress” we’ve made over the last 300 years has been incremental at best, stagnant, and regressive at worst,” she adds.

By switching to a regressive tax system like the one proposed by LeMahieu, the most tax burden would fall on the lowest income earners and the least on Wisconsin’s highest earners, Reschovsky said.

Gerry Carroll has said that a complaint about a comment he made on the day of the Hamas massacre was motivated by “regressive political forces” and that he would “refuse to be silent” on the issue.

Having spent months telling people (falsely) that proposed, fairer council tax changes would have hit the least well-off, they are now forced into admitting that was nonsense, and in fact it is a freeze that is deeply regressive.

He is widely recognised as an artist who has played a role in popularising regressive ideologies through Malayalam cinema.

More and more, anime fans are calling out the anime industry for its most harmful or regressive elements, from token shonen girls to excessive fan service and trivializing violence as comedy, and the tsundere archetype is in the middle of all that.

The adaptation of the magical elements from the books to the screen is outstanding, and the showrunners have made an effort to update some graphic novels’ more problematic and regressive elements.

The licence fee system is "regressive", he said, and could instead be replaced by a tax on broadband bills or a household levy based on property value.

The U.S. Supreme Court began releasing their expected onslaught of regressive and brutal judicial decisions this month.

They are also, weirdly, regressive: ill-judged album cover sees the band looking up a young girl’s skirt with varying reactions.

This is a retrograde, regressive step that has to be understood historically and contemporaneously in such a light.

What’s the difference between gender identity and regressive gender stereotypes?

According to the paper, the Indian income tax system might be regressive when viewed from the lens of net wealth.

And unless carefully designed, subsidy reductions can be regressive, forcing low-income residents to spend a larger percentage of their income on energy.

A push to pause energy efficiency standards as part of a plan to build more homes has been criticised as "regressive" as Australia transitions to net-zero emissions.

Critics warned the tax reforms would primarily benefit corporate shareholders and wealthy taxpayers while the sales tax increase would exacerbate Louisiana's regressive tax system where poorer households pay a higher percentage of their income on taxes.

Doubling down, Butker addressed students last weekend at the Regina Caeli Academy in Nashville, and reiterated his regressive stances.

For Nicole the hardest part of her son Toby’s childhood dementia is its regressive nature.

It may be exciting for some to see the late night veteran back in the role he held for 16 years, but this move feels underwhelming at best and regressive at worst.

Lawmaker Gary Zhang also questioned the shaming language around premarital sex, and called it “regressive” and “outdated”.