backwardness

English

Etymology

From backward +‎ -ness.

Noun

backwardness (countable and uncountable, plural backwardnesses)

1. The state of being backward.
2. Reluctance.

Quotations

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Translations

state of being backward

Arabic: تَخَلُّف m (taḵalluf) Gulf Arabic: تخلف m (taḵalluf) Bulgarian: назадничавост (bg) (nazadničavost), изостаналост (bg) (izostanalost) Finnish: takaperoisuus (fi), takapajuisuus (fi), vanhanaikaisuus (fi), jälkeenjääneisyys French: arriération (fr) f, retard (fr) Mongolian: хоцрогдсон байдал (xocrogdson bajdal) Polish: zacofanie (pl) n, średniowiecze (pl) n Romanian: înapoiere (ro) f Russian: отста́лость (ru) f (otstálostʹ) Swedish: underutveckling

reluctance

Finnish: vastahakoisuus (fi) Polish: zacofanie (pl) n

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Central Kurdish: (please verify) دواکەوتویی (dwakewtuyî), (please verify) پاشکەوتویی (paşkewtuyî) Italian: (please verify) arretratezza (it) f