Antonyms of adj up-and-coming
1 sense of up-and-coming
Sense 1
energetic, gumptious, industrious, up-and-coming -- (working hard to promote an enterprise)
INDIRECT (VIA enterprising) -> unenterprising, nonenterprising -- (lacking in enterprise; not bold or venturesome)
Similarity of adj up-and-coming
1 sense of up-and-coming
Sense 1
energetic, gumptious, industrious, up-and-coming -- (working hard to promote an enterprise)
=> enterprising (vs. unenterprising) -- (marked by imagination, initiative, and readiness to undertake new projects; "an enterprising foreign policy"; "an enterprising young man likely to go far")