rearwardnessn.
/ˈrɪəwədnəs/, U.S. /ˈrɪrwərdnəs/ rare.
The quality or state of being behindhand.
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1903 T.P.'s Weekly 16 Oct. 621/2 It is advantageous to keep oneself quite a year behind contemporary literature; this rearwardness saves both time and money.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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n.1903- to put a crimp into
- to put a crimp on
- to put a dent in
- to put a dog on the scent
- to put a double on
- to put a etc though the mincer
- to put a etc through etc paces
- to put a etc through its paces
- to put a etc through paces
- to put a fear unto a person's fud
- to put a finger in the wind
- to put a finger into a person's pie
- to put a finger into pie
- to put a finger on
- to put a finger on a person
- to put a finger on a thing
- to put a finger to the wind
- to put a finger upon
- to put a finger upon a person
- to put a finger upon a thing
- to put a foot wrong
- to put a footing
- to put a force upon
- to put a frost on
- to put a frost on something