ALL meanings of backwardness
back·ward
B b - noun backwardness lack of development 1
- noun backwardness slowness to learn 1
- adverb backwardness toward the back or rear. 1
- adverb backwardness with the back foremost. 1
- adverb backwardness in the reverse of the usual or right way: counting backward from 100. 1
- adverb backwardness toward the past: to look backward over one's earlier mistakes. 1
- adverb backwardness toward a less advanced state; retrogressively: Since the overthrow of the president the country has moved steadily backward. 1
- adjective backwardness directed toward the back or past. 1
- adjective backwardness reversed; returning: a backward movement; a backward journey. 1
- adjective backwardness behind in time or progress; late; slow: a backward learner; a backward country. 1
- adjective backwardness bashful or hesitant; shy: a backward lover. 1
- idioms backwardness backward and forward, thoroughly: He knew his lesson backward and forward. Also, backwards and forwards. 1
- noun backwardness The state of being backward. 1
- noun backwardness reluctance. 0