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Meanings of mentally handicapped 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
3
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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She also has five children who are mentally challenged, some functionally, some not.
Mass casualties: a young medic's true story of death, deception,...
2
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
4
Something happened at birth; my brother was born retarded, mentally challenged.
O+F
5
Rue cocked her head as if Bonnie might be mentally challenged.
The witch of agnesi
1
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
A mentally retarded patient with Lennox-Gastaut syndrome had different types of seizures.
Pubmed
2
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
5
The patients were undergoing monotherapy with supratherapeutic serum level and were not mentally retarded.
Pubmed
Usage of mentally handicapped in English
1
Oh, and I'm also under suspicion for murdering a mentally handicapped man.
Mortal Allies
2
He was mute, and was assessed as mentally handicapped until he was seven.
The Irish Times
3
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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She was standing here in an old cellar with a mentally handicapped boy.
The blood spilt
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One of the brothers Marvin, was mentally handicapped and died young, in the seventies.
Spider Bones
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A parent can be physically or mentally handicapped, for instance.
The Developmental Psychology of Psychopathology
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A Harley Street child psychologist told Sophie her daughter was " mentally handicapped".
The Guardian
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Her other area of interest will be the improvement of services for the mentally handicapped.
The Irish Times
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Parents of mentally handicapped children and adults in the South are on the march again.
The Irish Times
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But the mentally handicapped usually fight alongside everyone else.
War Slut
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He had a mentally handicapped son, she remembered.
The blood spilt
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The poor guy was a mentally handicapped adult.
Mortal Allies
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She and her husband adopted a foster child, Dana, from a mother who was mentally handicapped.
Reuters
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Sir, - It is good to see services for the mentally handicapped being discussed in your paper.
The Irish Times
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