backwardness
/ˈbækwədnəs/noun
उच्चारण बैक्वड्नस
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noun
- 1
[U]
the state of having made less progress than others in economic or social development
पिछड़ापन
- Poverty and illiteracy are the main causes of the region's backwardness.
- The commission studied social and educational backwardness.
Opposite progress development
- 2
[U]
the fact of being shy or slow to learn
संकोच, (सीखने में) धीमापन
- His backwardness in class worried his parents.
◇Word family
backward adjective
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§Grammar and usage
Usage: Socially and educationally backward classes is a phrase used in the Constitution of India.
Socially and educationally backward classes वाक्यांश भारत के संविधान में प्रयुक्त होता है।