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- n people collectively who are mentally retarded
he started a school for the retarded - v cause to move more slowly or operate at a slower rate
- v be delayed
- v slow the growth or development of
- v lose velocity; move more slowly
- a relatively slow in mental or emotional or physical development
providing a secure and sometimes happy life for the retarded
- Of the nation's 6,000,000 mentally retarded children and adults, 80% have no detectable abnormality of the central nervous system.
- Actually, Willowbrook, the world's largest institution for the mentally retarded, is a school in name only.
- Unable to talk until he was three years old, Albert Einstein, the man whose name came to be synonymous with genius, was initially suspected of being mentally retarded.