retardation

IPA: ritɑrdˈeɪʃʌn

The act of retarding or delaying; hindrance.
(acoustics) The distance by which one wave is behind another.
(music) The act of diminishing the rate of speed.
(telegraphy) A decrease in the speed of telegraph signalling.
The extent to which anything is retarded; the result of any retarding or delay; mental, social, or physical slowness.
(colloquial, derogatory, offensive) Extreme stupidity.
That which retards; an obstacle; an obstruction.
(physics) Deceleration; reduction in the magnitude of velocity.
(music) A suspension which resolves upwards.

Examples of "retardation" in Sentences

Does this "prove" that mental retardation is a choice?
Likewise mental retardation is a disorder with a biologcal cause not a choice.
Oh well, retardation is a birth defect, thankfully it only effects republicans. rimantas
We must not be misled by the term retardation to suppose it means behind time, for a retarded body is before time.
Ugh. But for now, at least, "mental retardation" is what's printed all over the medical forms that pour into this house.
I suggest CNN next run a segment entitled: “Mental retardation, is it necessary to host a cable television ‘news’ program?”
In fact, it specifically states “‘Mild’ mental retardation is typically used to describe people with an IQ level of 50 — 55 to approximately 70.”
Whereas mental retardation is sometimes genetic in nature, this form of behavior is environmental usually resulting in too much right-wing “news”, daytime television, and other environmental factors.
Matthew Baum, a soon-to-be Yale University graduate whose research on Fragile X Syndrome may someday lead to better treatments for mental retardation, is a wrestler on the side and started a club for beer aficionados.
And here's a list of attorneys headed to life imprisonment, arguably, (lucky (?) for them their type of amoral mental retardation is inhuman to execute), and taking the hired-mouthpiece 'industry' with them ... but, but, but -- without some attorneys left as prosecutors how could all attorneys be incarcerated???