mentally incompetent
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In August 2022, Garza was ruled mentally incompetent to stand trial and ordered to be jailed until a bed in a state mental health treatment facility was available.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 24, 2026
I am getting the impression that once a couple of doctors sign off that you are mentally incompetent, you lose all control.
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
Mike Jeffries was declared "mentally incompetent" by a court in May and said to be suffering with dementia and late onset of Alzheimer's disease.
From BBC ● Dec. 11, 2025
And yet my parents thought I was mentally incompetent for buying clothes at Goodwill.
From "Americanized" by Sara Saedi
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