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Backwardness

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The state of being backward. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    lack of normal development of intellectual capacities wordnet
  3. 3
    Reluctance. countable, uncountable

Etymology

From backward + -ness.

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