Usually means: Delayed or slowed in development.
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We found 32 dictionaries that define the word retarded:

General (25 matching dictionaries)
  1. retarded: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. retarded: Merriam-Webster
  3. retarded: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. retarded: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. retarded: Collins English Dictionary
  6. retarded: Vocabulary.com
  7. Retarded, retarded: Wordnik
  8. retarded, the retarded: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. retarded: Wiktionary
  10. retarded: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. retarded: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. retarded: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. retarded, the retarded: Dictionary.com
  14. retarded: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  15. Retarded (song), Retarded: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. Retarded: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  17. retarded: Rhymezone
  18. retarded: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  19. retarded: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  20. Retarded: Stammtisch Beau Fleuve Acronyms
  21. retarded: FreeDictionary.org
  22. retarded: Mnemonic Dictionary
  23. retarded: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. retarded: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. retarded: Encyclopedia

Medicine (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. retarded: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. retarded: Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Brilliant Dream Dictionary (No longer online)

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. retarded: Green’s Dictionary of Slang

Tech (1 matching dictionary)
  1. AUTOMOTIVE TERMS (No longer online)

(Note: See retard as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
adjective:  Delayed; delayed in development, hindered; impeded.
adjective:  (psychology, sometimes offensive, dated) Having mental retardation; mentally deficient or underdeveloped.
adjective:  (psychology, sometimes offensive, dated) Specifically, having an IQ below 70.
adjective:  (colloquial, derogatory, offensive) Extremely stupid; obtuse
adjective:  (physics) Designating a parameter of an electromagnetic field which is adjusted to account for the finite speed of radiation.

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