The problems have 'retarded' the progress of the program.
mentally 'retarded'
(..) I don't know. I'm hungry. There's food in the kitchen. Why didn't you... Go ahead. I'll go. And Paco's like, "He's not an eggplant, he's retarded!" What do you want? What are you doing in here? Get out. Eva's hungry. I need to make her something to eat. So make her something. (..)2013 TvShow: Orange Is the New Black Title: The Chickening Season: 1 Episode 5