What does retarded mean?
Retarded means Delayed; delayed in development, hindered; impeded..
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/ɹɪˈtɑːdɪd/ · adjective
Delayed; delayed in development, hindered; impeded..
This kind of plant is usually of a retarded growth.
The last zone, lying beyond the Ch‘ang-pai mountains, was in special isolation and culturally as retarded as regions much farther north.
HGH, which was originally developed to assist children with retarded growth, is believed to be especially popular with sprinters.
Experts in the field say there are now at least 200,000 retarded people over 60 in the United States.
One day the order of things begins to unravel. First, the doctor, on horseback, is tripped up by an invisible wire and his injuries put him in the hospital for months. Then several children, including the son of the Baron and the retarded child of the doctor’s mistress, are severely beaten. Later, the Baron’s barn is set on fire.
Shriver started the Special Olympics Games in 1968 to foster fitness and self-esteem for those with mental retardation and advocated in Washington for her cause well into her eighties. The event has grown to include 190 nations. Her concern for the mentally handicapped was attributed to her relationship with older sister Rosemary, who was said to have been mildly retarded and spent the majority of her life in a long-term care facility after a lobotomy.
As one of hundreds of examples, here is how Emily and Charles work to stimulate their profoundly retarded newborn, and the kind of detail Solomon is consistently able to draw from his subjects:[…]
Me and my friends used to feed LSD to this little retarded girl in our neighborhood and we'd lock arms around her and go "nightmare! Nightmare! Nightmare! Nightmare! Nightmare! Nightmare! Nightmare! Nightmare!" It actually cured her retardation.
Use retarded when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Retarded means Delayed; delayed in development, hindered; impeded..
Common synonyms include mentally retarded, simple, simple-minded, feebleminded.
Possible antonyms include precocious.
This kind of plant is usually of a retarded growth.
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