Synonyms:
backwater
Meaning: a place or condition in which no development or progress is occurring; "the country is an economic backwater"
Synonyms:
backwater
Meaning: a body of water that was created by a flood or tide or by being held or forced back by a dam; "the bayous and backwaters are breeding grounds for mosquitos"
Usage examples
He cursed the conventions which forbade his staying and watching over the girl back there in the house which already stood upon an island, cut off from the safe, high land by a strip of backwater that was widening and deepening every minute, and, when it rose high enough to flow into the river below, would have a current that would make a nasty crossing.