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Discover LudwigThe phrase "and retarded" is considered outdated and offensive in modern written English.
It may have been used in the past to describe someone with intellectual disabilities, but it is no longer appropriate due to its derogatory connotations.
Example: "The project was delayed and retarded due to unforeseen circumstances."
Alternatives: "and delayed" or "and hindered".
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This suggests that exocrine pancreatic epithelial cell growth in the swd mutants is reduced and retarded.
Terms such as "cripples", "spastics", "thick" and "retarded" stigmatise disabled people as less human.
The move toward Lutheranism, however, was both accelerated and retarded by purely political considerations.
He became known nationally for his work to protect the mentally ill and retarded.
He began to disparage his father's fans, calling them "sick" and "retarded".
The oil expression efficiency was characterized by three main stages namely delayed, rapid, and retarded.
Ivan subscribes casually to the popular notion that Russia has been kept poor and retarded by a Jewish conspiracy.
Then Grimes – who's completely stupid and retarded to believe any of it – jumps in and has her two cents.
She learned from Mrs. Morlen that Matthew had an older brother, Harold, who was also spastic and retarded.
Calling each other "gay" and "retarded" is routine in high school, says Robert Leader, 17, a senior in Voorhees, N.J.
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for Retarded Children, jettisoned "retarded" because "the words 'retardation' and 'retarded' became pejorative, derogatory and demeaning in usage".
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