Synonyms:
retarded
Meaning: relatively slow in mental or emotional or physical development; "providing a secure and sometimes happy life for the retarded"
noun
meaning of the word
Synonyms:
mentally_retarded, retarded, developmentally_challenged
Meaning: people collectively who are mentally retarded; "he started a school for the retarded"
Usage examples
Hence the rotation takes place against a pull, and is therefore more or less checked and retarded.
There came a season of thunder-storms and heavy rain, which greatly retarded my work; but at last the raft was completed.
The progress of intellectual culture was, indeed, greatly retarded, but there was no time when the light of learning was entirely extinguished.
The progress of the monks, which was become considerable, was somewhat retarded by the death of Edred, their partisan, who expired after a reign of nine years.
Some very broken ground, through which she guided her horse with the most admirable address and presence of mind, retarded her course, and brought her closer to me than any of the other riders had passed.
Massey, resolute to make a vigorous defence, and having under his command a city and garrison ambitious of the crown of martyrdom, had hitherto maintained the siege with courage and abilities, and had much retarded the advances of the king's army.
But the refusal of the Whigs in many States to surrender their name and organization, and more especially the abrupt appearance of the Know-Nothings on the field of parties, retarded the general coalition between the Whigs and the Free-soilers which so many influences favored.