(chess) A pawn that is unable to advance without being threatened by an enemy pawn and is not defensible by pawns of the same color.

plural of backward compliment

(UK, transitive) To have very thorough knowledge of.

plural of backward pass

plural of backwards compliment

plural of backward dive

plural of backward slash

plural of backward linkage

(intransitive, chiefly finance) To reassess one's original decisions (e.g. investments) with hindsight, determining how they might have been better chosen.

Not progressive; concerned with the past rather than the present or future.