extremely backward
Frequency: 6.83.5 per million words
used to strongly emphasize that something is less advanced
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- Compared to modern cities, the remote village's infrastructure was extremely backward.
- Some people still hold extremely backward views on gender equality.
- In the 19th century, the region's economy was considered extremely backward.
- Without investment, the country's education system risks becoming extremely backward.
- The medical facilities in the war-torn area were extremely backward, lacking basic supplies.
- To a modern observer, their political system seemed extremely backward and inefficient.
- The company's data management processes were extremely backward, relying solely on paper records.
- While the capital city flourished, many rural areas remained extremely backward.
- His argument against renewable energy was seen by the panel as extremely backward.
- The agricultural techniques used by the isolated tribe were extremely backward by modern standards.