backward
EJDict
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日本語WordNet
at or to or toward the back or rear; "he moved back"; "tripped when he stepped backward"; "she looked rearward out the window of the car"
in a manner or order or direction the reverse of normal; "it's easy to get the `i' and the `e' backward in words like `seize' and `siege'"; "the child put her jersey on backward"
in or to or toward a past time; "set the clocks back an hour"; "never look back"; "lovers of the past looking fondly backward"
JMdict
AIによる解説
Directed toward the back; reversed; underdeveloped or slow in progress.
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Some consider the region economically backward.
その地域を経済的に後進的だと考える人もいる。
The region's economic backwardness was addressed through investment in infrastructure.
その地域の経済的後進性はインフラへの投資によって対処された。
Pronunciation data from ipa-dict (MIT License) based on cmudict-ipa by @lingz