1. backwater - Noun
2. backwater - Verb
Water turned back in its course by an obstruction, an opposing current, or the flow of the tide, as in a sewer or river channel, or across a river bar.
An accumulation of water overflowing the low lands, caused by an obstruction.
Water thrown back by the turning of a waterwheel, or by the paddle wheels of a steamer.
Source: Webster's dictionarythe country is an economic backwater Source: Internet
the bayous and backwaters are breeding grounds for mosquitos Source: Internet
A focus on the economic impact of the 2019 lower Delta backwater flood helps predict the implications of continued flooding in 2020. Source: Internet
Crocodiles are rare and inhabit only the backwaters of the Indus, eastern Nara channel and Karachi backwater. Source: Internet
A very long time after the beginning of the Pantropy program, a starship crewed by "standard" humans is en route to some unimportant backwater planet to deliver a pantropy team who are "adapted" humans resembling seals more than humans. Source: Internet
But given the originality of Mehrgarh, Jarrige concludes that Mehrgarh has an earlier local background," and is not a "'backwater' of the Neolithic culture of the Near East." Source: Internet