When it is used as a verb, that word can only imply meaning related those with intellectual disabilities. It isn’t acceptable to say that. However there are scientific and musical terms that feature the word or use “retardation” to describe something.
That exactly is the verb (“to retard”). You might mean the noun “a retard” which does not have good uses I can think of.
Retardant, retardation, retarding, retarded and a ton of other drives words also do indeed have actual real world meanings and uses that have nothing to do with humans.
When it is used as a verb, that word can only imply meaning related those with intellectual disabilities. It isn’t acceptable to say that. However there are scientific and musical terms that feature the word or use “retardation” to describe something.
That exactly is the verb (“to retard”). You might mean the noun “a retard” which does not have good uses I can think of.
Retardant, retardation, retarding, retarded and a ton of other drives words also do indeed have actual real world meanings and uses that have nothing to do with humans.