BACKWATER


Meaning of BACKWATER in English

(~s)

1.

A ~ is a place that is isolated.

...a quiet rural ~.

N-COUNT: usu with supp

2.

If you refer to a place or institution as a ~, you think it is not developing properly because it is isolated from ideas and events in other places and institutions.

Britain could become a political ~ with no serious influence in the world...

N-COUNT: usu with supp disapproval

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