Hyphenation of retards

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word retards? This word can be hyphenated and contains 2 syllables as shown below.

re-tards

Definitions of retards:

1.	A person of subnormal intelligence
2.	Cause to move more slowly or operate at a slower rate This drug will retard your heart rate
3.	Be delayed
4.	Slow the growth or development of The brain damage will retard the child's language development
5.	Lose velocity Move more slowly The car decelerated

Last hyphenations of this language

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Hyphenator

The hyphen is a punctuation mark used to join words and to separate syllables of a single word. The use of hyphens is called hyphenation. The hyphen should not be confused with dashes, which are longer and have different uses, or with the minus sign, which is also longer in some contexts. Some words can be hyphenated in different places and you can use this website to find out where. Also reffered to as syllable counter and divider.