mental age
Example Sentences
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It’s not cute watching and adult man regress to the mental age of a three-year-old.
From Salon • Mar. 1, 2024
He has the mental age of a baby of around six months old.
From BBC • Nov. 2, 2022
His lawyer, M. Ravi, said Nagaenthran, now 33, “could possibly have a mental age below 18” and that the disability doesn’t allow him to understand or appreciate deterrence.
From Seattle Times • Nov. 4, 2021
Her mental age was about 5 or 6 years old, her parents said in the claim.
From Fox News • Jan. 21, 2020
This figure we will use to indicate his mental age as distinguished from his chronological or physical or actual age.
From Vocational Psychology: Its Problems and Methods by Hollingworth, Harry L.
