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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
retarded
adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
mentally
▪ Reflective thinking is not beyond the capacity of any but the most severely mentally retarded.
▪ He looks after the mentally retarded man, Lennie, and their relationship is a strange one.
▪ Roach had no previous record of violence and was mentally retarded.
▪ There is another kid here who is probably mentally retarded.
▪ The children are treated as mentally retarded back home, simply because they don't have parents.
▪ They're treated as if they're mentally retarded, ending up as factory fodder.
▪ Thousands of children in similar Quebec facilities were falsely labelled mentally retarded in the 1950s.
▪ His catechist was also providing outings to parishes where liturgies adapted for mentally retarded persons were being held.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ In a way, Kenneth was retarded.
▪ Let me show you that all men aren't as cruel and immature as your retarded merchant banker.
▪ Mine the art of the cripple, the retarded, the autistic, not the beautiful and whole.
▪ Roach had no previous record of violence and was mentally retarded.
▪ The children are treated as mentally retarded back home, simply because they don't have parents.
▪ Thousands of children in similar Quebec facilities were falsely labelled mentally retarded in the 1950s.
▪ To even the most politically retarded this is a nonsense.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Retarded

Retard \Re*tard"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Retarded; p. pr. & vb. n. Retarding.] [L. retardare, retardatum; pref. re- re- + tardare to make slow, to delay, fr. tardus slow: cf. F. retarder. See Tardy.]

  1. To keep delaying; to continue to hinder; to prevent from progress; to render more slow in progress; to impede; to hinder; as, to retard the march of an army; to retard the motion of a ship; -- opposed to accelerate.

  2. To put off; to postpone; as, to retard the attacks of old age; to retard a rupture between nations.

    Syn: To impede; hinder; obstruct; detain; delay; procrastinate; postpone; defer.

Retarded

Retarded \Re*tard"ed\, n. having a limited or below normal mental ability; same as

mentally retarded; -- used especially in relation to performance in academic tasks.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
retarded

1810, "delayed," past participle adjective from retard (v.). In childhood development sense, "mentally slow," attested from 1895 (perhaps inspired by Italian tardivi).

Wiktionary
retarded
  1. 1 delayed; delayed in development, hindered; impeded. (from 17th c.) 2 (context psychology now offensive English) Having mental retardation, characterised by learning difficulties (specifically having an IQ below 70); now more generally, mentally deficient. (from 19th c.) 3 (context chiefly North America English) underdeveloped (of a person's intelligence, abilities etc.). (from 20th c.) 4 (context colloquial derogatory English) stupid, dum

  2. (from 20th

  3. ) 5 (context physics English) Designating a parameter of an electromagnetic field which is adjusted to account for the finite speed of radiation. (from 20th c.) vb. (en-past of: retard)

WordNet
retarded

adj. relatively slow in mental or emotional or physical development; "providing a secure and sometimes happy life for the retarded" [ant: precocious]

Wikipedia
Retarded (song)

Retarded is a single by the band The Afghan Whigs.

Usage examples of "retarded".

Kuhl, that retarded people often resist acknowledging their limitations?

He went to medical reference on his computer and let it search Retarded Growth, Premature Maturity, and Dwarfism, and sat down to read it on screen.

The circulation is loaded with effete and useless matter, the vessels being thereby weakened and distended, and the circulation retarded.

Flanders made him overlook all considerations, either of domestic discontents or of commotions among the Scots, his embarkation had been so long retarded by the various obstructions thrown in his way, that he lost the proper season for action, and after his arrival made no progress against the enemy.

Though the affairs of Ireland were extremely pressing, and the protestants of that country had made repeated application for relief, the succours were retarded either by disputes among the ministers, or the neglect of those who had the management of the expedition, in such a manner that king James had been six months in Ireland before the army was embarked for that kingdom.

In consequence the pulse grows small and weak, and the patient cannot exercise or labor as usual, and finally the lower limbs begin to swell, then the face and body, the skin looks dusky, the appetite is impaired, the kidneys become diseased, there is difficulty in breathing, and the patient, it is said, dies of dropsy, yet dropsy was the result of a disease of the heart, which retarded the circulation and enfeebled the system, and which was actually the primary cause of death.

After my visit to the king, I called on Branicki, who had made daily enquiries afer my health, and had sent me back my sword, He was condemned to stay in bed for six weeks longer at least, for the wad of my pistol had got into the wound, and in extracting it the opening had to be enlarged, which retarded his recovery.

If Hask gets a really low score on a standard IQ test, he could qualify as retarded.

Under favourable circumstances it was a journey that could not be accomplished in less than twelve or fourteen days, but allowing for the retarded progress of a caravan already exhausted by a lengthened march, Dick was convinced that they could not reach the place for at least three weeks.

Prompt protection of the public in such instances is said to outweigh the advantages of a slower procedure, retarded by previous notice and hearing, and to require that the person adversely affected seek his remedy from the Court via a petition to review or to enjoin the decision of the licensing authorities.

In the course of that century the irresistible drift of Italian art feeling, retarded as it was by the supreme vogue of musicians trained in the northern schools, moved steadily toward its destination, the solo melody, yet the end was not reached till the madrigal had worked itself to its logical conclusion, to wit, a demonstration of its own inherent weakness.

It was very difficult surgery, often in sick premature neonates with other congenital disorders, and a large percentage of the babies were retarded.

Paul had been greatly retarded in his progress on account of false channels and sloughs into which he wandered and through which he paddled many weary miles.

Background of Mathematics IIBBStATISTICS and Orientation to Psychological Testingbbanda Practicum in Teaching Reading to the Mentally Retarded.

It was harder than ever to sit through Current Methods of Teaching Mentally Retarded Adolescents and Practicum in Teaching Readingto the Mentally Retarded.