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What is the adjective for retardations?

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Included below are past participle and present participle forms for the verb retard which may be used as adjectives within certain contexts.

retarded
  1. Delayed; delayed in development, hindered; impeded. [from 17th c.]
  2. (psychology) Having mental retardation; mentally deficient or underdeveloped.
  3. (psychology) Specifically, having an IQ below 70. [from 19th c.]
  4. (derogatory) Stupid, dumb. [from 20th c.]
  5. (physics) Designating a parameter of an electromagnetic field which is adjusted to account for the finite speed of radiation. [from 20th c.]
  6. Synonyms:
      7. arrested, lagging, limited, stunted, underdeveloped, dim, dull, dumbbell, dumdum, dummy, imbecile, pinhead, simple, slow, stupid, subnormal, touched, underachieving, yo-yo, backward, birdbrained, defective, dim-witted, dopey, dumbo, exceptional, feeble-minded, gorked, half-witted, held back, lamebrained, mentally defective, moronic, numbskull, opaque, retardo, sappy, simple-minded, slow-witted, weak, unintelligent, dumb, imbecilic, soft in the head, feebleminded, dull-witted, weak-minded, foolish, idiotic, witless … more
  7. Examples:
      8. “Without treatment, the condition could result in infants becoming mentally retarded or developing other neurological problems.”
retardy
  1. (offensive) Resembling or befitting a retard; moronic.
  2. Examples:
      3. “To make matters worse, her retardy son, Toney, was running back and forth, from one end of the house to the other.”
retardive
  1. That retards; retardative.
retardational
  1. Of or pertaining to retardations.
retardable
  1. Capable of being retarded, or delayed.
retardlike
  1. (derogatory) Resembling a retard.
retardative
  1. That retards
retarding
  1. present participle of retard
  2. Synonyms:
      3. hindering, impeding, hampering, inhibiting, curbing, obstructing, checking, restraining, restricting, handicapping, delaying, trammelling, trammeling, encumbering, slowing, hamstringing, fettering, arresting, clogging, stalling, detaining, interrupting, decelerating, staying, braking, cumbering, baulking, balking, slackening, baffling, crimping, lessening, choking, postponing, retardating, miring, deferring, bogging, holding back, holding up, slowing down, interfering with, setting back, keeping back, slowing up, putting a brake on, bogging down, hanging up, shutting down, closing off … more
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