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backwardnesses

backwardnesses is the plural of backwardness.

Meaning of backwardness

Noun

backwardness (countable and uncountable, plural backwardnesses)

  1. The state of being backward.
  2. Reluctance.

Questions about backwardnesses

What is backwardnesses the plural of?
Backwardnesses is the plural of backwardness.

Words near backwardnesses in the dictionary

  1. backwarding
  2. backwardism
  3. backwardly
  4. backwardmost
  5. backwardness
  6. backwardnesses
  7. backwards
  8. backwards and forwards
  9. backwards compatibilities
  10. backwards compatibility
  11. backwards compatible

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Adapted from Wiktionary: backwardnesses (page history and authors); backwardness (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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