The phrase "a retarded response" is grammatically correct but may be considered offensive and outdated in contemporary usage.
It can be used in contexts discussing responses that are perceived as slow or lacking in understanding, but caution is advised due to its potentially derogatory implications.
Example: "His argument was so poorly constructed that it could only be described as a retarded response to the complex issue at hand."
Alternatives: "an inadequate response" or "a slow response".
Some groups reported a swift, strong and transient inflammatory response against challenges with E. coli and only a weak and retarded response against S. aureus, in agreement with the respective reaction of the udder.
Hand and co-workers [ 35] used a 15-s resetting reinforcer delay procedure and demonstrated retarded response acquisition in SHR compared to WKY controls.
Rahm Emanuel had a "retarded" week last week.
The conditions for the occurrence of a retarded response, with respect to deterministic and noise-diffusion times, are identified.
Water pretreatment retarded the response of H2 on the iron oxide catalyst, whereas a similar pretreatment accelerated the response of H2 on the Co-Mo catalyst.
The growth rates of the resulting transformants were retarded in response to the degree of suppression, indicating that Fv-ada plays an important role in the mycelial growth of F. velutipes.
We observed that although PTX is critical for development of EAU in mice immunized with CFA, PTX and the uveitogenic peptide IRBP161 180, PTX reduced or retarded DTH responses to autoantigens in an antigen-specific manner by reducing cellular infiltration at the site of challenge even though PTX enhanced the production of proinflammatory cytokines.
Evolutionary costs imply an underlying genetic basis to the observed cost and are evolutionary in the sense that they may act as brakes retarding the response to selection for immune efficacy.
In previous reports, light regime was a negative factor that highly retarded the embryogenic response of leaf explants in Oncidium, Dendrobium and Phalaenopsis (Chen et al. 1999; Chung et al. 2005, 2007; Gow et al. 2009).
Diet, lifestyle, and medical interventions may promote or retard inflammatory responses in diabetic management [ 7– 9].
