retarded Definition
re·tarded (-tär′did)
adjective
slowed or delayed in development or progress, esp. because of mental retardation
retarded Synonyms
retarded
modif.
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.
Browse dictionary entries near retarded
- ‹ retardation
- ‹ retardate
- ‹ retardant
- ‹ retard
- ‹ retaliatory eviction
- ‹ retaliation
- ‹ retaliating
- ‹ retaliate
- ‹ retake
- ‹ retaining wall

