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🇰🇷Korean Source WordCode: KO

지연시키는

Pronunciation / Transliteration: jiyeonsikineun

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Retardatory/rɪˈtɑːrdəˌtɔːri/
adjectiveCEFR C2 (Proficient)Top #14500 frequency
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🇰🇷 Example Sentence in Korean:

"그 규제는 산업 성장에 지연시키는 효과가 있다."

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1 sense
As adjective
  1. 1

    Causing delay, retardation, or slowing down in progress, action, or development.

    "The committee warned that the new bureaucratic regulations would have a retardatory effect on the infrastructure project."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Late Latin 'retardator', an agent noun from 'retardare' (to delay, retard), combining the prefix 're-' (back, behind) and 'tardus' (slow). It entered the English lexicon in the 17th century as a formal adjective to describe processes, measures, or forces that cause delay or deceleration.

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