retard
verb (used with object)
to make slow; delay the development or progress of (an action, process, etc.); hinder or impede.
had retarded
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past perfectof retard.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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He learned that spiraling costs had retarded the modernization program of General Electronics and much of their present equipment was obsolete in terms of current price factors.
From New Apples in the Garden by Kris Neville
Just as the 1622 Massacre had retarded settlements on the south bank of the York River, so the 1644 Massacre had delayed expansion on the north side of the York.
From How Justice Grew: Virginia Counties, An Abstract of Their Formation by Martha Woodroof Hiden
John’s absence had retarded the plowing, for 439 try as he would the chores kept Hugh late in the morning and had compelled him to quit early at night.
From The Wind Before the Dawn by Dell H. Munger
Seyd’s complaint to Peters, the agent, nearly a year later summed the exasperating experiences which had retarded the building of the new smelter.
From The Mystery of The Barranca by Herman Whitaker
Such men had smirched the history of religion with inquisitions and tortures—and had retarded the progress of human thought.
From The Tyranny of Weakness by Paul Stahr
