backward
adjective (NOT CLEVER/MODERN) /ˈbæk.wəd/
/-wɚd/ Definition
C2 not advanced: When he was a child, his teachers thought he was backward (= unable to learn as much as most children). People still think of it as a backward country/region/area (= one without industry or modern machines).Crude and basic backwardness /-nəs/ noun [U] › They were accused of backwardness (= very old-fashioned ways) because they had no washing machine.Crude and basic
(Definition of backward adjective (NOT CLEVER/MODERN) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- 101 adjective
- at bottom idiom
- bare adjective (BASIC)
- basic adjective
- crude adjective (SIMPLE)
- elemental adjective
- elementary adjective
- homespun adjective
- low-tech adjective
- Mickey Mouse adjective
- primal adjective
- primordial adjective
- rough noun (DRAWING)
- roughly adverb (NOT EVENLY)
- rude adjective (SIMPLE)
- rudimentary adjective
- rustic adjective
- simple adjective (ONE PART)
- skeletal adjective
- stone-age adjective
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