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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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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

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

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