retarded

Definitions

Delayed in progress, development, or accomplishment.

Offensive: A disparaging term used to describe a person with an intellectual disability.

Slow or limited in intellectual or emotional development.

Examples

The development of the project was retarded by a lack of funding.

The chemical reaction was retarded by the addition of a stabilizing agent.

Synonyms

delayed slow backward stunted underdeveloped hindered

Antonyms

advanced accelerated developed precocious quick forward progressive