retarded

adjective

1. 1

   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.

2. 2

   datedHaving mental retardation; mentally deficient or underdeveloped.

   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.

   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.

3. 3

   datedSpecifically, having an IQ below 70.

4. 4

   Extremely stupid; obtuse

   Looking at Jack, Gabbie said, "What?" "That's the Troll Bridge." She groaned at the pun. "That's retarded."

   I've got a terrific sign in front of my house that keeps intruders out: Retarded Pit Bull High on Angel Dust. No one's come over the wall yet. Except a couple of retarded guys who were high on angel dust.

   I hope that my kids are too retarded to get into drugs. Like, I hope my first-born son tries to smoke a bowl in the shower.

   If it sounds like a bad script that a retarded child would write, it’s because it is. Yet, anti-Zionists will aggressively explain to you why this insanity makes perfect sense.

5. 5

   Designating a parameter of an electromagnetic field which is adjusted to account for the finite speed of radiation.

verb

1. 1

   Also a form of retardsimple past and past participle of retard

   We know cases where obscurity of style has retarded the recognition of really great writers—but obscurity of style is not a virtue, and they were great in spite of it.

Forms

comparative

more retarded

superlative

most retarded