backwardness (noun)

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• backwardness — backward ► ADJECTIVE 1) directed behind or to the rear. 2) having made less progress than is normal or expected. ● not backward in Cf. ↑not backward in DERIVATIVES backwardly adverb backwardness noun …   English terms dictionary

• backwardness — noun see backward II …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• backwardness — noun a) The state of being backward. b) reluctance …   Wiktionary

• backwardness — noun lack of normal development of intellectual capacities • Syn: ↑retardation, ↑mental retardation, ↑slowness, ↑subnormality • Derivationally related forms: ↑subnormal (for: ↑subnormality) …   Useful english dictionary

• backwardness — (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun An awkwardness or lack of self confidence in the presence of others: bashfulness, coyness, retiringness, shyness, timidity, timidness. See RESTRAINT …   English dictionary for students

• backward — I. adverb or backwards Date: 14th century 1. a. toward the back b. with the back foremost 2. a. in a reverse or contrary direction or way b. toward the past c. toward a worse state II …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• backward — adjective 1 (only before noun) made in a direction towards what is behind you: She went without a backward glance. 2 developing slowly and less successfully than most others: some of the more backward countries | a backward child compare forward… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• backward — I UK [ˈbækwə(r)d] / US [ˈbækwərd] adjective * 1) [only before noun] moving or looking in the direction that is behind you a backward glance 2) a) not developing quickly, normally, and successfully a remote and backward region b) old fashioned… …   English dictionary

• backward — adjective 1》 directed behind or to the rear. 2》 having made less progress than is normal or expected.     ↘(of a person) having learning difficulties. 3》 [with negative] (backward in) lacking the confidence to do: he was not backward in… …   English new terms dictionary

• backward — /ˈbækwəd / (say bakwuhd) adjective 1. Also, backwards. directed towards the back or past: a backward glance. 2. Also, backwards. reversed; returning: a backward movement. 3. behind in growth, progress, or development: *We have seen that in the… …  

• backward — ► ADJECTIVE 1) directed behind or to the rear. 2) having made less progress than is normal or expected. ● not backward in Cf. ↑not backward in DERIVATIVES backwardly adverb backwardness noun …   English terms dictionary