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mentally incompetent

ADJECTIVE

non compos mentis

Synonyms

WEAK

deprived of one's wits insane lunatic non compos not of sound mind unbalanced unsound

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

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 • Mar. 3, 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

Girardi’s lawyers also contended their client was mentally incompetent, unable to assist his own attorneys — let alone retain any short-term memory — and in the throes of progressive cognitive decline.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 26, 2024

And yet my parents thought I was mentally incompetent for buying clothes at Goodwill.

From "Americanized" by Sara Saedi