languid
Definition: (adjective) without energy; slow, sluggish, listless.
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backward
adjective
- Directed or facing toward the back or rear: retrograde, retrogressive. See
precede
- Not forward but reticent or reserved in manner: bashful, coy, demure, diffident, modest, retiring, self-effacing, shy
1, timid. See
restraint
- Exhibiting lack of education or knowledge: benighted, ignorant, primitive, unenlightened. See
knowledge
- Having only a limited ability to learn and understand: dull, simple, simple-minded, slow, slow-witted.
Informal: soft.
Offensive: feeble-minded, half-witted, retarded, weak-minded. See
ability
- Not progressing and developing as fast as others, as in economic and social aspects: lagging, underdeveloped, undeveloped. See
precede
- Economically and socially below standard: depressed, deprived, disadvantaged, impoverished, underprivileged. See
rich
- Clinging to obsolete ideas: conservative, reactionary, unprogressive. See
politics
adverb
- Toward the back: about, around, back, backwards, rearward. See
precede
- In or toward a former location or condition: about, around, back, backwards, rearward, round. See
approach
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