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backwaterish

backwaterish adjective: like a backwater; remote.

Adjective

backwaterish (comparative more backwaterish, superlative most backwaterish)

  1. Like a backwater; remote.
    • […]this politically benign and economically backwaterish space[…]2002, Adrian Franklin, Nature and social theory

Forms of backwaterish

comparativemore backwaterish
superlativemost backwaterish

Origin of backwaterish

From backwater + -ish.

Questions about backwaterish

What does backwaterish mean?
Backwaterish means like a backwater; remote.
What part of speech is backwaterish?
Backwaterish is an adjective.

Words near backwaterish in the dictionary

  1. backwashing
  2. backwashings
  3. backwater
  4. backwatered
  5. backwatering
  6. backwaterish
  7. backwaters
  8. backwatery
  9. backway
  10. backways
  11. backweight

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