mental age
Example Sentences
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He wanted to know exactly what had happened, but could not ask Aaron, who is non-verbal and whom he describes as having the mental age of a two-year-old.
From BBC • Jul. 15, 2025
It’s not cute watching and adult man regress to the mental age of a three-year-old.
From Salon • Mar. 1, 2024
Her mental age was about 5 or 6 years old, her parents said in the claim.
From Fox News • Jan. 21, 2020
Nora had poor motor skills and needed help to walk and her mental age was about 5 or 6 years old, her parents’ said in the claim.
From Washington Times • Jan. 21, 2020
Children of the lower mental age have also a tendency to venture wild guesses at words they do not know.
From The Measurement of Intelligence An Explanation of and a Complete Guide for the Use of the Stanford Revision and Extension of the Binet-Simon Intelligence Scale by Cubberley, Ellwood Patterson
