retardation
noun
the act of retarding or state of being retarded.
retardative
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a word derived from
retardation.
Example Sentences
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Thus, ultimately, to the waste within the cell, to the presence of a force retardative of its perpetual harmonic motions, the death of the individual is to be ascribed.
From The Birth-Time of the World and Other Scientific Essays by John Joly
Such transference has often been premature and attended by results retardative to progress in the field of Biology.
From The Social Direction of Evolution An Outline of the Science of Eugenics by William E. Kellicott
