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retarded
CIDE DICTIONARY
retarded, n.
having a limited or below normal mental ability; same as mentally retarded; -- used especially in relation to performance in academic tasks. [PJC]
THESAURUS
retarded
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, untimelyFor further exploring for "retarded" in Webster Dictionary Online