Retarded

Adjective

 * 1) Delayed; delayed in development, hindered; impeded.
 * 2) *2004, Duncan Mackay, The Observer, 8 Aug 2004:
 * HGH, which was originally developed to assist children with retarded growth, is believed to be especially popular with sprinters.
 * 1)  Having mental retardation, characterised by learning difficulties (specifically having an IQ below 70); now more generally, mentally deficient.
 * 2)  Underdeveloped (of a person's intelligence, abilities etc.).
 * 3) *2000, Kate Connolly, The Guardian, 19 Apr 2000:
 * The European Roma Rights Centre in Budapest, which is representing the children - from the north-eastern city of Ostrava - said that the education ministry and local authorities had for decades "perpetuated a system which routinely brands disproportionate numbers of Gypsies as mentally retarded".
 * 1)  Stupid, dumb.
 * 2) *1988, Raymond E Feist, Faerie Tale:
 * Looking at Jack, Gabbie said, "What?" "That's the Troll Bridge." She groaned at the pun. "That's retarded."
 * 1)  Designating a parameter of an electromagnetic field which is adjusted to account for the finite speed of radiation.

Verb
retarded



Thesaurus
arrested, babbling, back, backward, behind, behindhand, belated, blithering, blocked, bridled, burbling, checked, constrained, controlled, crackbrained, cracked, crazy, cretinistic, cretinous, curbed, delayed, delayed-action, detained, dithering, driveling, drooling, guarded, half-baked, half-witted, held up, hung up, idiotic, imbecile, imbecilic, impeded, in a bind, in abeyance, in check, in leading strings, in remission, inhibited, jammed, late, latish, maundering, mentally defective, mentally deficient, mentally handicapped, mentally retarded, mongoloid, moratory, moronic, never on time, not all there, obstructed, on leash, overdue, pent-up, restrained, set back, simple, simpleminded, simpletonian, slobbering, slow, slowed down, stopped, subnormal, tardy, under control, under discipline, under restraint, unpunctual, unready, untimely

Etymology
From.

Adjective

 * Finnish: viivästynyt
 * Macedonian: заостанат


 * Polish: opóźniony
 * Spanish: retardado, retrasado


 * Danish: retarderet, udviklingshæmmet
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish: ,


 * Macedonian: ментално заостанат
 * Norwegian: tilbakestående
 * Spanish: retrasado


 * Spanish: retrasado