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Retard

Retard meaning

A retardation; a delay. | A slowing down of the tempo; a ritardando. | A person with mental retardation.

Example sentences (20)

In 2021, the ministry managed to retard the publication of documentation on Police and Border Guard Board databases and their structures, which, going by the book, should have been made public.

Only hire people in there state and STOP THE RETARD Anti-America, Anti-GOD Liberals Democrats.

Also, let’s not discuss how Medicare for All might retard economic growth.

ReTard, as a loyal Democrat you know a lot about corruption.

Probably had a relative molest him and came from a broken home along with being a retard.

To do so is to retard the transport sector in the country.

An optional kit is available to allow Stonefish to be air-dropped, comprising an aerodynamic tail-fin section and parachute pack to retard the weapon's descent.

Barriers to effective human communication Barriers to effective communication can retard or distort the message and intention of the message being conveyed which may result in failure of the communication process or an effect that is undesirable.

Bemis, 1:388-89 According to Charles Edel, Adams believed that, "Intervention would accomplish little, retard the cause of republicanism, and distract the country from its primary goal of continental expansion".

Calcium propionate is commonly added by commercial bakeries to retard the growth of molds.

Cool onshore winds also retard early bloom of plants and flowers until later in the spring season, protecting them from possible frost damage.

In 2008, Special Olympics and Best Buddies International launched the Spread the Word to End the Word campaign to encourage individuals to stop using the word "retard" in everyday speech.

Irving Langmuir found that an inert gas, instead of vacuum, would retard evaporation.

It contains dry nitrogen gas to retard fogging and condensation.

Leslie was equally skeptical about the role of adhesion proposed by Desaguliers, which should on the whole have the same tendency to accelerate as to retard the motion.

Likewise, the word "retard" was introduced as a new polite form once the previous terms were outdated.

Low temperatures tend to prolong animal development and high temperatures tend to retard it.

Mirror surfaces are sometimes given thin film overcoatings both to retard degradation of the surface and to increase their reflectivity in parts of the spectrum where they will be used.

Much care, expertise, and expense is invested in preservation efforts to retard decomposition in aging documents, artifacts, artworks, and buildings.

Since then "retard" has been used dysphemistically, suggesting that this term might now be outdated as well.