backwardness
backwardness · backwardnesses
отсталость
The state of being backwardThe state of being backward.
US/bˈækwɚdnəs/
» The backwardness of that country is well known.
Die Rückständigkeit jenes Landes ist wohlbekannt. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
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2 senses(countable, uncountable)The state of being backward.
отста́лостьotstálostʹ
(countable, uncountable)Reluctance.
More definitions
- lack of normal development of intellectual capacities
Examples
1 sentencesThe backwardness of that country is well known.
deDie Rückständigkeit jenes Landes ist wohlbekannt. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Translations
3 languagesРусский
By meaning 1
state of being backward:
Forms
plural: backwardnesses| Singular | backwardness |
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regular
Synonyms
2 synonymsClose in meaning
- lack of normal development of intellectual capacities:slownesssubnormality
Word family
1 related wordsRelatedbackward
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
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