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Recent Examples of mental deficiency
Rubella is typically mild in adults and children but can cause serious birth defects in pregnant women, including deafness, cataracts, heart defects, mental deficiency and liver or spleen damage, according to the Texas Department of State Health Services.
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Brandi D. Addison, Austin American Statesman, 3 Mar. 2025
Defense counsel must explain how factors like an abusive upbringing, mental deficiencies, or personal tragedy led their client to commit a terrible crime.
—Ian Millhiser, Vox, 7 Dec. 2018
Now that White's execution has been scheduled again, his attorneys are continuing arguments that police took advantage of White's mental deficiencies to elicit a confession without an attorney present.
—Alexis Simmerman, Austin American-Statesman, 1 Oct. 2024
Now that White's execution has been scheduled again, his attorneys are continuing arguments that police took advantage of White's mental deficiencies to elicit a confession without an attorney present.
—Amanda Lee Myers, USA TODAY, 30 Sep. 2024
Federal authorities supported a sentence of life in prison after medical experts concluded Crusius has serious mental deficiencies.
—David Nakamura, Washington Post, 28 Dec. 2023
The News & Observer did a fact check of a charge by Rep. Greg Murphy, R-N.C., who repeatedly accused the former vice president of mental deficiency.
—Doug Stanglin, USA TODAY, 19 July 2020
There doesn’t seem to be any negative neurological signs yet for physical or mental deficiencies.
—Rania Aniftos, Billboard, 2 Dec. 2019
Look at the real-world results of Donald Trump's erratic behavior, whether through mental deficiency or moral deficiency or some combination thereof.
—NBC News, 25 Aug. 2019
Brandi D. Addison, Austin American Statesman, 3 Mar. 2025
Defense counsel must explain how factors like an abusive upbringing, mental deficiencies, or personal tragedy led their client to commit a terrible crime.
—Ian Millhiser, Vox, 7 Dec. 2018
Now that White's execution has been scheduled again, his attorneys are continuing arguments that police took advantage of White's mental deficiencies to elicit a confession without an attorney present.
—Alexis Simmerman, Austin American-Statesman, 1 Oct. 2024
Now that White's execution has been scheduled again, his attorneys are continuing arguments that police took advantage of White's mental deficiencies to elicit a confession without an attorney present.
—Amanda Lee Myers, USA TODAY, 30 Sep. 2024
Federal authorities supported a sentence of life in prison after medical experts concluded Crusius has serious mental deficiencies.
—David Nakamura, Washington Post, 28 Dec. 2023
The News & Observer did a fact check of a charge by Rep. Greg Murphy, R-N.C., who repeatedly accused the former vice president of mental deficiency.
—Doug Stanglin, USA TODAY, 19 July 2020
There doesn’t seem to be any negative neurological signs yet for physical or mental deficiencies.
—Rania Aniftos, Billboard, 2 Dec. 2019
Look at the real-world results of Donald Trump's erratic behavior, whether through mental deficiency or moral deficiency or some combination thereof.
—NBC News, 25 Aug. 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for mental deficiency
mental retardation
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NTDs can cause lifelong disabilities, including paralysis and mental retardation, if not treated immediately after birth.—
Amber Smith,
Discover Magazine,
4 Nov. 2022
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He was born with argininosuccinic aciduria, which occurs in one in 70,000 babies, and can lead to mental retardation, seizures, coma and death.—
Mark Johnson,
jsonline.com,
29 Apr. 2022
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“Mental deficiency.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mental%20deficiency. Accessed 8 Jul. 2025.
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