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retarded

/rɪ'tɑrdɪd/

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noun
people collectively who are mentally retarded
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"he started a school for the retarded"

Similar:

developmentally challenged mentally retarded

type of:
people
adjective
relatively slow in mental or emotional or physical development
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"providing a secure and sometimes happy life for the retarded"

Similar:

delayed dim-witted feebleminded half-witted idiotic imbecile imbecilic moronic simple simple-minded slow-witted backward cretinous

Opposite:

precocious

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