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Meanings of mentally challenged in English

Having cognitive deficits and low intelligence.

Synonyms
Examples for "retarded"
Examples for "retarded"
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For too long, our system retarded aggressive measures to preempt terrorist attacks.
War by other means: an insider's account of the war on terror
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Maybe a retarded reason, knowing John, but I had come this far.
John Dies at the End
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A mentally retarded patient with Lennox-Gastaut syndrome had different types of seizures.
Pubmed
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September 11 may have retarded world civilization in more than one way.
Crime and Corruption
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The effectiveness of psychotherapy with the retarded is a much debated subject.
I’m OK – You’re OK
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His lawyers claim he is mentally disabled and should not be executed.
Reuters
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Children who survive can become blind, deaf, paralyzed or mentally disabled.
Reuters
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Children who survive can become blind, deaf, paralysed or mentally disabled.
Reuters
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Smith, who is mentally disabled, worked at J&J Cafeteria as a buffet cook.
Ebony
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He was physically and mentally disabled and died at just 39 years old.
Pubmed
1
Oh, and I'm also under suspicion for murdering a mentally handicapped man.
Mortal Allies
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He was mute, and was assessed as mentally handicapped until he was seven.
The Irish Times
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Nine-year-old David Cassidy from Dun Laoghaire, Co Dublin, is mentally handicapped.
The Irish Times
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He is borderline mentally handicapped, with a mental age of 12.
The Irish Times
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These included the mentally handicapped, insane and those convicted of crimes.
Reuters
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A mentally retarded patient with Lennox-Gastaut syndrome had different types of seizures.
Pubmed
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The cashier looked at me as if I were mentally retarded.
The Collected Stories of Arthur C. Clarke
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For seemingly forever, an autistic person was regarded as mentally retarded.
Reuters
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This young man was mentally retarded, autistic and had severe speech and language problems.
Saving max
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The patients were undergoing monotherapy with supratherapeutic serum level and were not mentally retarded.
Pubmed
Usage of mentally challenged in English
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She also has five children who are mentally challenged, some functionally, some not.
Mass casualties: a young medic's true story of death, deception,...
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The mentally challenged man had not been there that morning to feed her.
The apostle
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The mentally challenged man began to cry as his brother pressed the question.
The apostle
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Something happened at birth; my brother was born retarded, mentally challenged.
O+F
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Rue cocked her head as if Bonnie might be mentally challenged.
The witch of agnesi
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David Wong, son of an insane prostitute and a mentally challenged Amway salesman.
John Dies at the End
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The mentally challenged man's breaths came in short, sharp stabs.
The apostle
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Standing at rigid attention in the doorway was Mullah Massoud's mentally challenged brother, Zwak.
The apostle
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Standing in the doorway was the mentally challenged man who had been feeding her.
The apostle
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Quinn and Miller will play the girl's parents, and Weisman her mentally challenged uncle.
Reuters
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Katy said she was mentally challenged, but I wondered.
Bones of the Lost
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Was Gaby so mentally challenged that she would buy the same pair of earrings twice?
The Fame Game
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Stealing from a mentally challenged man was reprehensible.
The apostle
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Instead, they hid behind women and children and used mentally challenged people to carry out suicide attacks.
The apostle
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I put on a mentally challenged accent.
Side Jobs
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Remember there were no remedial classes in those days, and the phrase ' mentally challenged' hadn't been invented yet-
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