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View definitions for mentally incompetent

mentally incompetent

adjective as in non compos mentis

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After the shootings, Loughner was diagnosed with schizophrenia and found mentally incompetent to stand trial for the bloodbath.

The mentally incompetent can easily be discovered at an early age by the use of the graded intelligence scales.

I suppose you could declare me physically or mentally incompetent.

Young persons deformed or mentally incompetent also receive the pension, or, rather, their guardians do.

He was tired physically and felt himself mentally incompetent to play at repartee.

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On this page you'll find 7 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to mentally incompetent, such as: deprived of one's wits, insane, lunatic, non compos, not of sound mind, and unbalanced.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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