mental age

Example Sentences

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It’s not cute watching and adult man regress to the mental age of a three-year-old.

From Salon • Mar. 1, 2024

Katy had a young mental age and had suffered from anxiety since around the time of her father John's sudden death.

From BBC • Mar. 6, 2021

Her mental age was about 5 or 6 years old, her parents said in the claim.

From Fox News • Jan. 21, 2020

They also argued his sentence was unconstitutional because although he was 18 at the time of the killing, his mental age and maturity lagged behind his actual age.

From Washington Times • May 4, 2018

Apart from being uncanny, this was embarrassing; feeling reduced to the mental age of the nursery, he gripped the rails of "T" which went with him into a smooth and noiseless upward slide.

From The Brain by Blade, Alexander