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Webster 1913 Edition

backwardness

back′ward-ness

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Noun.
The state of being backward.

Webster 1828 Edition

Backwardness

BACK'WARDNESS

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Noun.
Unwillingness; reluctance, dilatoriness, or dullness in action.
2.
A state of being behind in progress; slowness; tardiness; as the backwardness of the spring.

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