REGRESSIVE in a Sentence

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 Meanings and Examples of REGRESSIVE
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regressive
 a.  (of taxes) adjusted so that the rate decreases as the amount of income increases
 a.  opposing progress; returning to a former less advanced state
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1  A regressive tax, like the poll tax, takes proportionately more of a poor person's income.
2  A regressive tax structure is one in which the average tax rate falls as income level rises.