Definition of: backwater

(bak′wô′tər, -wot′ər) noun
1. Water set, thrown, or held back, as by a dam, a current, etc.; also, the body of water held back.
2. Any place or condition regarded as stagnant, backward, etc.

Most often used phrases:

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"backwater" has the frequency of use of 0.0001% on en.wikipedia.org.

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