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Backward
ˈbakwəd
Backward definitions
adjective
backward
- directed behind or to the rear
"she left the room without a backward glance"
- reverting to an inferior state; retrograde
"the decision was a backward step"
- having made less progress than is normal or expected; not advanced
"it's seen as a backward regime that routinely violates human rights"
- (of a person) having an intellectual disability
- lacking the confidence to do (something)
"he was not backward in displaying his talents"
reticent about hesitant about reluctant to unwilling to afraid to loath to averse to - (of a fielding position) behind an imaginary line passing through the stumps at the batter's end at right angles to the wicket
"backward square leg"
adverb
backward