Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (1)
1.
people collectively who are mentally retarded;
- Example: "he started a school for the retarded"[syn: mentally retarded, retarded, developmentally challenged]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Retarded \Re*tard"ed\, n.
having a limited or below normal mental ability; same as
mentally retarded; -- used especially in relation to
performance in academic tasks.
[PJC]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
mentally retarded
n 1: people collectively who are mentally retarded; "he started
a school for the retarded" [syn: mentally retarded,
retarded, developmentally challenged]