Related Words for mentally retarded

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retarded
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Adjective, Adjective
autistic
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Adjective
handicapped
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Noun
incompetent
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Adjective
disabled
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Adjective
imbecile
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Noun
obtuse
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Adjective
slow
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Adjective
mental
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Noun
frail
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Adjective
stupid
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Adjective
prostrate
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Adjective
crippled
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Verb
stricken
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Adjective
vegetative
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Adjective
deaf and dumb
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Phrase, Adjective, Noun
simple
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Adjective
invalid
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Noun
sick
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Adjective
challenged
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Verb
doting
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Adjective
illiterate
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Adjective
poor
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Adjective
dumb
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Adjective
paralyzed
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Verb
underprivileged
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Noun
blinded
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Verb
slow on the uptake
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Phrase, Adjective
maladaptive
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Adjective
subhuman
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Adjective
screwed up
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Phrase, Adjective
disadvantaged
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Adjective
dull
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Adjective
stunted
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Adjective
brainless
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Adjective
senile
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Noun
demented
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Adjective
unhealthy
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Adjective
underserved
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Adjective
barren
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Adjective
incapacitated
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Verb
impaired
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Verb
psycho
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Noun
incapable
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Adjective
backward
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Adjective
hard of hearing
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Phrase, Adjective
inept
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Adjective
ignorant
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Adjective
unfit
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Adjective
idiot
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Noun
slight
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Adjective
feeble
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Adjective
useless
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Adjective
twisted
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Adjective
misshapen
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Adjective
out of sorts
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Phrase, Adjective
terminally ill
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Phrase, Adjective
idiotic
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Adjective
unskilled
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Adjective
unhinged
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Adjective
lackluster
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Adjective
deprecated
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Verb
indigent
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Noun
numb
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Adjective
sluggish
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Adjective
infantile
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Noun
indifferent
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Adjective
illegal
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Adjective
benighted
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Adjective
degenerate
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Adjective
undeveloped
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Adjective
unmotivated
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Adjective
infirm
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Noun
tardy
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Adjective
down
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Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun
impoverished
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Adjective
abused
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Adjective
academically
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Adverb
addicted
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Adjective
adolescent
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Adjective, Noun
adult
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Noun, Adjective, Verb
advantaged
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Adjective
anew
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Adverb
antisocial
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Adjective, Noun
arrears
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Noun
asocial
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Adjective, Noun
behold
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Verb
blunt
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Adjective, Name, Verb
braked
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Adjective
bunk
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Noun, Verb, Adjective
castrated
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Adjective
central
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Adjective, Noun
chil
/
Adjective, Noun
child
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Noun, Verb
chronically
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Adverb
crazy
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Adjective, Adverb, Noun
daft
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Adjective
deaf
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb
defective
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Adjective, Adverb, Noun
deficient
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Adjective, Noun
delayed
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Adjective
delinquent
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Adjective, Noun
destitute
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Adjective, Verb
disabilities
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Verb
disordered
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Adjective
disorganized
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Adjective
dopey
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Adjective
down syndrome
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Phrase, Noun
dyslexic
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Adjective, Noun
emotional
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Adjective, Noun
employable
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Adjective, Noun
fool
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Noun, Verb, Adjective
foolish
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Adjective
foreign
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Adjective, Name
hampered
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Adjective
homeless
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Adjective, Noun
hospitalized
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Adjective
human
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Adjective, Noun, Verb
ill
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
insane
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Adjective
institutionalized
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Adjective
intellectual
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Adjective, Noun
intelligence
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Noun
iq
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Name, Adjective
kids
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Adjective
lagged
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Verb
lame
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Adjective, Noun, Verb
late
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun
malnourished
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Adjective
morally
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Adverb
obese
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Adjective, Noun
older
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Adjective, Noun
overdue
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Adjective
overweight
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Adjective, Noun, Verb
parochial
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Adjective, Noun
patient
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Noun, Adjective
person
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Noun, Verb
physically
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Adverb
physiologically
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Adverb
postponed
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Adjective
precocious
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Adjective
psychiatric
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Adjective, Name
psychologically
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Adverb
raw
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Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb
ridiculous
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Adjective
sad
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Adjective, Verb, Noun
silly
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Adjective, Adverb, Noun
smart
/
Adjective, Name, Verb
someone
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Noun
special
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Adjective, Noun, Verb
spirit
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Noun, Verb
spiritually
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Adverb
underdeveloped
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Adjective
undernourished
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Adjective
underweight
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Adjective, Noun, Verb
weak
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Adjective
younger
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Noun