The phrase "as backwardness" is not commonly used in written English and may sound awkward in context.
It could be used when discussing a state or condition of being backward or underdeveloped in a specific context.
Example: "The region's economic policies have been criticized as backwardness, hindering progress and innovation."
Alternatives: "as a sign of backwardness" or "as an indication of backwardness."
There is no easy answer to this problem, but developing countries need to be aware of it; economic progress is consistent with lingering backwardness, as can be seen in parts of southern Italy or in the Appalachian area of the United States.
She continued to jab at what she perceived as the backwardness of conservative Muslims and the regrettable tolerance of these practices by moderates.
DAPQ scores less than 75% or 1SD below the average for sex and age group were classified as mental backwardness or dullness while less than 50% or 2SD below age and sex average were classified as mental deficiency [ 32].
It gives you this sense of forward looking, of the forwardness of history as well as the backwardness of history.
It gives you this sense of forward looking, of the forwardness of history as well as the backwardness of history, and what a gift to have this new life and to look forward".
"First finding from Omid: earth is round!" read the lighthearted gibe at what many Iranians stubbornly bemoan as the provincial backwardness of their rulers.
"In Asia they tell you in a positive sense what you are allowed to do instead of telling you what you can't do".Before the financial crisis such restrictions were seen as signs of backwardness.
On "most measures of backwardness," as the sociologist Christian Smith puts it, evangelicals look no different -- and frequently look more advanced -- than their counterparts who identify themselves as mainline or liberal Protestants, as Catholics or as nonreligious.
Citing North Korea's nuclear bomb program and its economic backwardness as justification for not raising South Korea's bond rating, Mr. Chambers said that rebuilding the North could cost the South up to $1.4 trillion, roughly twice the cost of unifying the two Germanies.
As such, he had a firm faith in the progress of man, civilization, and Western Christendom; hence, he saw American slavery as a brutal backwardness that ran counter to the progress of history.
