RETARD


Meaning of RETARD in English

verb

EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES

Even in small amounts, lead can retard development in children.

EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS

It says that the company razed forests, polluted rivers, retarded crop growth and caused birth defects.

Research from Harvard and United Nations organisations has shown that the cost of corruption includes retarded development and more inequalities.

The implication is that Britain's economic performance is retarded by an anti-industrial culture.

The inability to do so has retarded the progress of pallidotomy development for nearly 50 years.

The process has retarded the kind of interdisciplinary research required by complex environmental and population issues.

This process is called retarding and it adds an interesting dimension to the bread.

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