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senile

adjective as in failing in physical and mental capabilities due to old age

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I asked him about that moment just after it happened, and had asked him whether the president was senile the day before.

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Joe Biden got dragged as old and senile.

“I could put together — and people have — a video of Trump looking absolutely just as senile,” Maher said.

Russian state media have consistently mocked the current US president as "senile" and a person not really in control of events.

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Especially if a person seems to go senile very quickly, check their vitamin B12!

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