# backwatery

> English word · Adjective

## Definitions
1. Resembling or characteristic of a backwater; isolated, dilapidated, ramshackle.

## Etymology
From backwater + -y.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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