Held back and Retarded

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Retarded and held back are semantically related In some cases you can use "Retarded" instead an adjective phrase "Held back".

Retarded adjective - Relatively slow in mental or emotional or physical development.

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Held back and retarded are semantically related in limited topic. Sometimes you can use "Held back" instead an adjective "Retarded".

Nearby Words: retardation, retarding

The Little person robber from the second episode of the second season was questioning Tommy's stupidity but held back on asking him if he was retarded.

Source: Western Animation / Mr. Pickles

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