arrested development

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arrested development - an abnormal state in which development has stopped prematurely

fixation, infantile fixation, regression

abnormalcy, abnormality - an abnormal physical condition resulting from defective genes or developmental deficiencies

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arrested development

[əˌrestɪddɪˈveləpmənt] N → atrofia f, desarrollo m atrofiado

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The latter is a veterinary nurse suffering a serious case of arrested development who attempts to curry the favour of local teens when she puts the basement of her remote house at their disposal for illicit parties.

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The former "it" comedy of irresponsible American absurdism, Arrested Development, has lost its cultural cachet.

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Arrested Development star Jessica Walter broke down in tears as she recalled being verbally harassed by her co-star Jeffrey Tambor.

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However, the galaxy eventually went dormant after failing to gather enough material to grow in size and is now in a state of "arrested development." This galaxy houses numerous oddly assembled and rare stars, which according to NASA, have "essentially unchanged for the past 10 billion years."

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Essentially, NGC 1277 is in a state of "arrested development." Perhaps like all galaxies it started out as a compact object but failed to accrete more material to grow in size to form a magnificent pinwheel-shaped galaxy.