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Meaning of backwater


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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  backwater
      n 1: a body of water that was created by a flood or tide or by
           being held or forced back by a dam; "the bayous and
           backwaters are breeding grounds for mosquitos"
      2: a place or condition in which no development or progress is
         occurring; "the country is an economic backwater"


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