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re·tard·ed

   [ri-tahr-did]
adjective
1.
characterized by retardation: a retarded child.
noun
2.
(used with a plural verb) mentally retarded persons collectively (usually preceded by the): new schools for the retarded.

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Origin:
1800–10; retard + -ed2

Related forms
non·re·tard·ed, adjective
un·re·tard·ed, adjective

Synonyms
backward, disabled, handicapped.

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re·tard

   [ri-tahrd, for 1–3, 5; ree-tahrd for 4]
verb (used with object)
1.
to make slow; delay the development or progress of (an action, process, etc.); hinder or impede.
verb (used without object)
2.
to be delayed.
noun
3.
a slowing down, diminution, or hindrance, as in a machine.
4.
Slang: Disparaging.
a.
a mentally retarded person.
b.
a person who is stupid, obtuse, or ineffective in some way: a hopeless social retard.
5.
Automotive, Machinery. an adjustment made in the setting of the distributor of an internal-combustion engine so that the spark for ignition in each cylinder is generated later in the cycle.
Compare advance.

Origin:
1480–90; < Latin retardāre to delay, protract, equivalent to re- re- + tardāre to loiter, be slow, derivative of tardus slow; see tardy

Related forms
re·tard·ing·ly, adverb

Synonyms
1. obstruct, check.

Antonyms
1. accelerate.

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retarded (rɪˈtɑːdɪd)
 
—adj
ESN mental handicap See also subnormal underdeveloped, esp mentally and esp having an IQ of 70 to 85

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retard
late 15c., from Fr. retarder (13c.), from L. retardare (see retardation). The noun is recorded from 1788 in the sense "retardation, delay;" from 1970 in offensive meaning "retarded person," originally Amer.Eng., with accent on first syllable
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retarded
1810, pp. adj. from retard. In childhood development sense, "mentally slow," attested from 1895 (cf. It. tardivi).
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retard definition

[ˈritɑrd]
  1. n.
    a rude nickname for a retarded person. (Derogatory and unkind.) : That retard is having a rough time.
  2. n.
    a stupid person. (Also a term of address.) : Don't be a retard! Get with it!
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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retarded definition


  1. mod.
    bad; defective. : This old DVD player is so retarded. Time for a new one.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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