"backwardness" meaning in English

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        "The state of being backward."
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          "roman": "taḵalluf",
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          "roman": "nazadničavost",
          "sense": "state of being backward",
          "word": "назадничавост"
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          "sense": "state of being backward",
          "word": "изостаналост"
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          "sense": "state of being backward",
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          "sense": "state of being backward",
          "word": "vanhanaikaisuus"
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          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "state of being backward",
          "word": "jälkeenjääneisyys"
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          "sense": "state of being backward",
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          "sense": "state of being backward",
          "word": "retard"
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          "_dis1": "99 1",
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          "roman": "xocrogdson bajdal",
          "sense": "state of being backward",
          "word": "хоцрогдсон байдал"
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          "_dis1": "99 1",
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          "sense": "state of being backward",
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          "sense": "state of being backward",
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          "word": "średniowiecze"
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          "sense": "state of being backward",
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          "word": "înapoiere"
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          "roman": "otstálostʹ",
          "sense": "state of being backward",
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      "sense": "state of being backward",
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      "sense": "state of being backward",
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      "sense": "state of being backward",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "отста́лость"
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      "sense": "state of being backward",
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      "sense": "reluctance",
      "word": "vastahakoisuus"
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      "sense": "reluctance",
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