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According to WordNet, the noun "backwater" has 2 sense(s).

109212360 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".

108502507 a place or condition in which no development or progress is occurring; "the country is an economic backwater".


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