mentally incompetent
Example Sentences
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The 81-year-old had previously been found mentally incompetent last May but prison officials then declared in December that he was fit for trial following his hospital stay.
From BBC • Mar. 28, 2026
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 • Feb. 24, 2026
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 The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 17, 2026
His attorneys have long sought to portray Girardi as mentally incompetent and in the throes of progressive cognitive decline, but a federal judge this year deemed him fit to stand trial.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 22, 2024
And yet my parents thought I was mentally incompetent for buying clothes at Goodwill.
From "Americanized" by Sara Saedi
