incompetent
Example Sentences
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The upside is that you keep your enemies on their toes, while the downside is that you risk looking unsure and incompetent at home.
Most patients today have been deemed too incompetent to stand trial, Barnes said.
From Los Angeles Times
After my relative was declared mentally incompetent by two doctors, the lawyer activated the POA and is now preparing to place my relative in assisted living, which they do not want.
From MarketWatch
When I asked the nurse what authority they had to do this, she said the attorney had obtained statements from two doctors declaring my relative mentally incompetent.
From MarketWatch
Will, rather than being deprived, simply had very particular rules about what he would eat, and whether or not his diet was killing him didn’t necessarily mean he was mentally incompetent.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
