rearwardness rare.
(ˈrɪəwədnɪs)
[f. rearward a. + -ness.]
The state of being in the rear or in arrears.
| 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. |