backwards

/ˈbæk.wə(ɹ)dz/

adjective

1
Oriented toward the back.
“The battleship had three backwards guns at the stern, in addition to the primary complement.”
2
Reversed.
“The backwards lettering on emergency vehicles makes it possible to read in the rear-view mirror.”
3
Behind current trends or technology.
“Modern medicine regards the use of leeches as a backwards practice.”
4
Clumsy, inept, or inefficient, especially in learning.
“He was a very backwards scholar, but he was a marvel on the football field.”

1
Toward the back.
“Life is lived forwards, but understood backwards.—Søren Kierkegaard”
2
In the opposite direction to usual.
“The clock did not work because the battery was inserted backwards.”
3
In a manner such that the back precedes the front.
“The tour guide walked backwards while droning on to the bored seniors.”
4
Towards the past; ago

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