Lack of normal development of intellectual capacities.
1 Economic backwardness was taken as holy simplicity; ignoble, craven subservience as piety.
2 EUFOR's intentional tech backwardness reminds me of the Aussies in East Timor.
3 Come, princess. The two hurried away, leaving Henrietta to ponder her backwardness .
4 He began to thaw out, though he did not lose his backwardness .
5 I don't think tradition or any kind of backwardness should stop women.
6 He was too ashamed of his backwardness to ask any questions.
7 If the Pump is a backward step, then I say good for backwardness .
8 China's weakness is not due wholly to backwardness in the arts and sciences.
9 This event usually causes us to feel some backwardness in communication or travel.
10 But in decency, we cannot show any backwardness ; it does not look well.
11 The consequences of this backwardness are very hurtful to their interests.
12 The reasons for this relative backwardness are not hard to ascertain.
13 I'm sure Miss Melville will be quite shocked at your backwardness .
14 Nevertheless the backwardness of the colony was attributed to the Negro.
15 Typically, we start by attributing alternative explanations of AIDS to myths, ignorance and backwardness .
16 Why should we violate our core values to attain parity in backwardness and intolerance?
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