backwater
back·water [backwater backwaters] BrE [ˈbækwɔːtə(r)] NAmE [ˈbækwɔːtər] noun
1. a part of a river away from the main part, where the water only moves slowly
2. (often disapproving)a place that is away from the places where most things happen, and is therefore not affected by events, progress, new ideas, etc
•a sleepy/quiet/rural backwater
•The region became more and more of an economic backwater.
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