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retarded Definition

re·tarded (-tärdid)

adjective

slowed or delayed in development or progress, esp. because of mental retardation

retarded Synonyms

retarded

modif.

  1. Said of people

    backward, slow, developmentally disabled; see disabled, dull 3.

  2. Said of activities

    delayed, slowed down, slowed up, held back; see slow 1, 2, 3. See syn. study at stupid.

retarded Usage Examples

Preposition: by

lack: Civic identity: Civic life retarded by lack of Corporation.

Preposition: with

money: Show post contents: Rufus Wainwright is totally luscious Posted 2 months ago on May 9 2006 Why am I so retarded with money?

Modifies a noun

  • equation: The results are applied to a class of retarded delay differential equations.
  • brother: Verloc and his wife, Winnie, her retarded brother Stevie and her partially disabled mother form the family I referred to.
  • growth: Recent rains greatly helped countryside as earlier dry weather had retarded growth and caused many heath fires.
  • wave: Psi, the retarded wave, which travels forward in time, is standard solution.
  • child: Even the severely retarded children like to clap to the music.
  • adult: Lund J. The prevalence of psychiatric morbidity in mentally retarded adults.

Modifying Another Word

  • mentally: Why did copying what a mentally retarded person had to say seem like a good idea?
  • emotionally: And adults who read Harry Potter books betray the fact that they are emotionally retarded.
  • severely: Even the severely retarded children like to clap to the music.
  • socially: Indeed, only the most socially retarded among us would attempt to hold an event without laying on the alcohol.
  • greatly: In such a case the loss even of a single stone would have greatly retarded the work.
  • slightly: Which Hispanic actor will be cast in the role of good-natured but slightly retarded sidekick?

Used with adjective complement

  • have: In such a case the loss even of a single stone would have greatly retarded the work.
  • label: The construction of disability began when Percy was placed in a segregated school for children labeled mentally retarded.
  • sound: And I have to make them sound utterly retarded to boot.
  • look: Everyone is a judge of taste and for me toe rings look retarded on everyone.

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