Usually means: Slow down or delay progress.
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General (10 matching dictionaries)
  1. retardate: Merriam-Webster
  2. retardate: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. retardate: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. retardate: Collins English Dictionary
  5. retardate: Wiktionary
  6. retardate: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  7. retardate: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  8. retardate: Infoplease Dictionary
  9. retardate: Dictionary.com
  10. retardate: TheFreeDictionary.com

Medicine (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. retardate: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  3. retardate: Medical dictionary

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. retardate: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (retardate)

▸ noun:  (technical) A retarded person; a person with retardation.

Similar:
retard, retardation, deacceleration, ritardando, deferrer, regresser, retier, delayer, regressor, pullback, more...

Opposite:
gifted, intelligent, advanced, smart, brilliant

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Similar:
retard, retardation, deacceleration, ritardando, deferrer, regresser, retier, delayer, regressor, pullback, more...

Opposite:
gifted, intelligent, advanced, smart, brilliant



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