backwaterish

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adjective

Like a backwater; remote.

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Meanings

adjectivebackwaterish (comparative more backwaterish, superlative most 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

Origin

From backwater + -ish.

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APA

backwaterish. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/backwaterish

MLA

“backwaterish.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/backwaterish. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “backwaterish,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/backwaterish.

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