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back country

noun as in undeveloped rural area

adjective as in rural, undeveloped

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Example Sentences

I did not expect to find anything of the kind in this back country.

The people of the back country were in not the slightest degree responsible for the revolt against British authority in the East.

In 1802 the development of the back country was freshly emphasized by the admission of Ohio as a State.

At the time of the outbreak he led a party of refugees at the greatest risk to himself through the back country to Shakopee.

Its fine climate and orange-groves have always rendered it celebrated, although it has no fertile back country.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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