backwardness
noun [ U ] uk/ˈbæk.wəd.nəs/ us/ˈbæk.wɚd.nəs/
落后
the state of not being advanced, or of not using modern methods, technology, or machines
They were accused of backwardness because they had no washing machine. 他们因为没有洗衣机而被指责落后。
Local farmers won’t use donkeys because of their negative association with poverty and backwardness. 当地农民不使用驴子，因为它们与贫困和落后有负面联系。
See: backward
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- His button-front white shirt, blue jeans, and leather shoes hardly seemed the picture of backwardness.
- Instead of disparaging small farmers as a symbol of backwardness, we should value their knowledge and recognize modern industrial farms are unsustainable.
- Lack of railway development matched the area’s comparative economic backwardness.