Meaning of retarded in English
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Qualitative Adjective
retardedDefinitions
1. relatively slow in mental or emotional or physical developmentExamples
- « providing a secure and sometimes happy life for the retarded »
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Famous quotes
- « The grim fact is that we prepare for war like precocious giants, and for peace like retarded pygmies. » Lester B. Pearson
- « Scholastic learning and polemical divinity retarded the growth of all true knowledge. » David Hume
- « I got attention by being funny at school, pretending to be retarded, and jumping around with a deformed hand. » Leonardo DiCaprio
- « Improvisation is almost like the retarded cousin in the comedy world. We've been trying forever to get improvisation on TV. It's just like stand-up. It's best when it's just left alone. It doesn't translate always on TV. It's best live. » Amy Poehler
- « The only time I commit to conspiracy theories is when something way retarded happens. Like Lee Harvey Oswald acting alone. » Joe Rogan