I'm probably wrong, but making the decision before you make the decision seems backward.

His life proceeds forward, for him; it just seems backward to us.

Running south to north may seem backward to many people, but the flow of a body of water has nothing to do with geographical orientation.

In other states, they may have seemed backward for a time, but at least they were isolated.

Something about that seemed backward to me, but it did seem better to have her talking than to be coldly silent.

Something seems backward about the way that credit card companies have used the Internet.

It was also forbidden to photograph animals, which might make the country seem backward.

Terl was going about his job in a way that seemed backward.

Alex, I understand what you're saying-shifting roles must seem like a step backward.

Now it seems backward to judge a company's success directly by its stock price.