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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

Derived forms: backwardnesses

See also: backward

Type of: stupidity

Encyclopedia: Backwardness

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backwoodsman
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bacon
Bacon
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