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Retarded

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Backward 84% connected

Alt. of Backwards

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Backward 84% connected

Alt. of Backwards

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Cretinous 84% connected

Having the characteristics of a cretin.

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Cretinous 84% connected

Having the characteristics of a cretin.

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Delayed 84% connected

of Delay

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Delayed 84% connected

of Delay

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Half-witted 84% connected

Weak in intellect; silly.

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Half-witted 84% connected

Weak in intellect; silly.

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Idiotic 84% connected

Alt. of Idiotical

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Idiotic 84% connected

Alt. of Idiotical

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Imbecile 84% connected

Destitute of strength, whether of body or mind; feeble; impotent; esp., mentally wea; feeble-minded; as, hospitals for the imbecile and insane.

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Imbecile 84% connected

Destitute of strength, whether of body or mind; feeble; impotent; esp., mentally wea; feeble-minded; as, hospitals for the imbecile and insane.

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Simple 84% connected

Single; not complex; not infolded or entangled; uncombined; not compounded; not blended with something else; not complicated; as, a simple substance;…

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Simple 84% connected

Single; not complex; not infolded or entangled; uncombined; not compounded; not blended with something else; not complicated; as, a simple substance;…

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Simple-minded 84% connected

Artless; guileless; simple-hearted; undesigning; unsuspecting; devoid of duplicity.

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Simple-minded 84% connected

Artless; guileless; simple-hearted; undesigning; unsuspecting; devoid of duplicity.

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Slow-witted 84% connected

Dull of apprehension; not possessing quick intelligence.

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Slow-witted 84% connected

Dull of apprehension; not possessing quick intelligence.

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Broader term 1

People 76% connected

The body of persons who compose a community, tribe, nation, or race; an aggregate of individuals forming a whole; a community; a nation.

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Stupid 66% connected

Very dull; insensible; senseless; wanting in understanding; heavy; sluggish; in a state of stupor; -- said of persons.

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Stupid 66% connected

Very dull; insensible; senseless; wanting in understanding; heavy; sluggish; in a state of stupor; -- said of persons.

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Precocious 94% connected

Ripe or mature before the proper or natural time; early or prematurely ripe or developed; as, precocious trees.

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Precocious 94% connected

Ripe or mature before the proper or natural time; early or prematurely ripe or developed; as, precocious trees.

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