backward country
collocation in Englishmeaningsofbackwardandcountry
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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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(Definition ofbackwardandcountryfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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We are almost the mostbackwardcountryin the extension of our telephone system.
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The truth is that we are really becoming abackwardcountryin some of the standards because of the progress made by other countries.
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I do not think abackwardcountryholding 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 andbackwardcountry.
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When we give help to abackwardcountry, 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 andbackwardcountry.
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As regards labelling, we are a mostbackwardcountry, and we know less and less about more and more.
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We should still be abackwardcountry.
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Though this country is so much dependent upon power, it is the mostbackwardcountryin compiling statistics showing the changes in power production during the last 20 years.
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We are abackwardcountrynow.
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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 abackwardcountry.
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Most importantly, poor and backward countries may borrow technologies from more advanced countries.
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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.
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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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