mental incapacity

mental incapacity
mental incapacity n
1) an absence of mental capacity
2) an inability through mental disorder or mental retardation of any sort to carry on the everyday affairs of life or to care for one's person or property with reasonable discretion

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  • incapacity — [[t]ɪ̱nkəpæ̱sɪti[/t]] N UNCOUNT: oft with poss, oft N to inf The incapacity of a person, society, or system to do something is their inability to do it. [FORMAL] ...Europe s incapacity to take collective action... Patients with no mental… …   English dictionary

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