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Noun: backwardness  bak-wurd-nus [N. Amer], bak-wûd-nus [Brit]
  1. Lack of normal development of intellectual capacities
    - retardation, mental retardation, slowness, subnormality

Type of: daftness [informal], stupidity

Encyclopedia: Backwardness

Nearest

back-to-back
backtrack
backup
backup file
backup man
backup system
backward
backward and forward
backwardation
backwardly
backwardness
backwards
backwash
backwater
backwoods
backwoodsman
backyard
baclava
bacon
Bacon
bacon and eggs