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From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishretardedre‧tard‧ed /rɪˈtɑːdɪd $ -ɑːr-/ adjective old-fashioned  STUPID/NOT INTELLIGENTless mentally developed than other people of the same age. Many people think that this word is offensive.
Examples from the Corpus
retardedIn a way, Kenneth was retarded.Roach had no previous record of violence and was mentally retarded.The children are treated as mentally retarded back home, simply because they don't have parents.Thousands of children in similar Quebec facilities were falsely labelled mentally retarded in the 1950s.Let me show you that all men aren't as cruel and immature as your retarded merchant banker.Mine the art of the cripple, the retarded, the autistic, not the beautiful and whole.To even the most politically retarded this is a nonsense.
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