If you are not making the progress that you would like to make and are capable of making, it is simply because your goals are not clearly defined.

I think it's a step forward. It's not the kind of progress that we would like to have; something dramatic and to see the breakdown of an old regime and the beginning of a new one. This is something in between.

If 'pro' is the opposite of 'con' what is the opposite of 'progress'?

We want all students to be reading at grade level and meet the AYP (adequate yearly progress) requirements of the No Child Left Behind,

We found that privacy is a much less mature area in government, and there is less progress to report. Fewer agencies have addressed [privacy programs] as a priority ... the security programs [are] a bit more mature [and have been] addressed over a long period of time.

If 'pro' is the opposite of 'con' what is the opposite of 'progress'?