Sentence examples for a bit backward from inspiring English sources

"a bit backward" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
It can be used to describe or comment on a situation when someone or something is not behaving or progressing in the way that is expected or desired. For example: "He's being a bit backward with his work lately; he hasn't been very productive."

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That makes America look a bit backward.

You've got it a bit backward.

He was a bit backward in coming forward, may I say, in saying what he meant.

Not that long ago it seemed a bit backward, but it is, after all, France; the phones work really well.

Getting on the southbound No. 1 train at 3 a.m. for work, it's pretty easy to feel a bit backward, alienated even.

Spain is a bit backward and intolerant, especially compared to Holland where it's fine to be bisexual and to speak about relationships and things openly.

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But it also stands for a reaction to modernity, he said: "One could say it's a vision a bit backward-looking, but it's also, I think, a battle of today, to try to safeguard what gives us pleasure and health".

But it is hard to imagine someone who entertains the possibility that America might not always be top nation actually winning.Back to top >>MondayGEORGIA is "rural, Republican and a little bit backward," says Andrea, our waitress.

Like him, they often glance anxiously and a bit nostalgically backward to a pre-9/11, pre-Florida-recount moment that seems freer and more irresponsible than the present.

He was a little bit backward and just made it this year," Bolger said.

"I think it's a bit of a step backward".

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