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backwater 
(TTS Sound)
(TTS Sound)Overview of noun backwater
The noun backwater has 2 senses
- backwater -- (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")
- backwater -- (a place or condition in which no development or progress is occurring; "the country is an economic backwater")