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backward country

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meanings of backwardand country


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backward
adjective
uk /ˈbæk.wəd/ us /ˈbæk.wɚd/
not ...
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country
noun
uk /ˈkʌn.tri/ us /ˈkʌn.tri/
an area of land that has its own government, ...
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Examples of backward country


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We are almost the most backwardcountry in the extension of our telephone system.
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The truth is that we are really becoming a backwardcountry in some of the standards because of the progress made by other countries.
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I do not think a backwardcountry holding down tremendous wealth can keep out a more civilised race.
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It got out without credit after terrible loss to itself and after inflicting even more terrible loss on that very small and backwardcountry.
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When we give help to a backwardcountry, whether by a gift or a long-term loan, we do not get paid for a long time.
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There has in the past been a tendency for its neighbours to look upon it as a poor relation—a large, sprawling and backwardcountry.
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As regards labelling, we are a most backwardcountry, and we know less and less about more and more.
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We should still be a backwardcountry.
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Though this country is so much dependent upon power, it is the most backwardcountry in compiling statistics showing the changes in power production during the last 20 years.
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We are a backwardcountry now.
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However, when he gets there, all that is waiting for him is a telegram, in which she explains she is unwilling to live in such a backwardcountry.
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Most importantly, poor and backward countries may borrow technologies from more advanced countries.
Similarly, the sheer amount of schooling, apart from quality, in backward countries, is important, and if schooling is unduly delayed, the possibility of mental growth diminishes.
That is more than all the economic aid given to backward countries at the present time.
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I believe that one needs to tincture a sentimental attitude towards the citizens of backward countries with a little economic realism.
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People talk glibly about switching from armaments to mutual aid, and spending £3,000 million, or £5,000 million, a year on economic development in the backward countries.
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There are other elements in our diet, but these figures provide a good guide, especially in relation to the backward countries.
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These pressures should concern technical improvements and technological transfers, since the more backward countries have an alarming rate of incidents and accidents.
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They are not offering cheap aircraft merely in order to assist backward countries which cannot afford sophisticated aircraft.
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These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.
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