arrested development

collocation in English

meaningsofarrestanddevelopment

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arrest
noun[C or U]
uk
/əˈrest/us
/əˈrest/
the act of ...
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development
noun
uk
/dɪˈvel.əp.mənt/us
/dɪˈvel.əp.mənt/
the process in which someone or something grows or changes and becomes ...
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(Definition ofarrestanddevelopmentfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Arresteddevelopmentin human hookworm infections : an adaptation to a seasonal unfavourable external environment.
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Arresteddevelopmentresults in a continuing propensity to such behaviours throughout life, with disruption of routine being the trigger for such behaviour.
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A significant linear trend was found, whereas quadratic and cubic trends, which would have indicated slowed orarresteddevelopment, were not significant.
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Arresteddevelopmentin human hookworm infections.
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The prolongedarresteddevelopmentduring diapause may reduce the flight capacity of the overwintering generation.
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The role ofarresteddevelopmentin the regulation of nematode populations.
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The induction ofarresteddevelopment.
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He said that it was a case ofarresteddevelopment.
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Feeble-mindedness is a condition—it is a condition ofarresteddevelopmentof the brain.
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Could it be shown that that abnormality arose fromarresteddevelopment, inherent cause, or disease or injury?
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But mental defectiveness is a condition ofarresteddevelopmentwhich is permanent.
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Improvement may be expected in many cases where feeble-mindedness is not due toarresteddevelopmentof the brain.
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An advance in one direction is won only at the cost of a setback or, at best,arresteddevelopmentin another.
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It has nothing to do witharresteddevelopmentor incomplete development.
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The uncertainty over whether they will be allowed to stay here may in itself result inarresteddevelopment.
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A man of 50 who gets encephalitis lethargies and develops some of these awful symptoms afterwards is not necessarily suffering fromarresteddevelopmentor incomplete development.
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The site's consensus is a rather generic entry into thearresteddevelopmentsubgenre, with themes borrowed from other more successful and funnier films.
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Remains of human teeth were analysed for evidence ofarresteddevelopmentand decay.
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However, it soon encountered a trough and dry air, whicharresteddevelopment.
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