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Meanings of mentally defective in English

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Usage of mentally defective in English
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Another significant point is the number of mentally defective children who survive.
The Pivot of Civilization
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They usually have mentally defective parents and a long history of -'
Another part of the wood
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The Mental Defectives Act, 1911, divides mentally defective persons into six classes, as under:-
Mental Defectives and Sexual Offenders / Report of the Committee...
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One-tenth of elementary school pupils were estimated later to be mentally defective or unnaturally dull.
The Complete Jack the Ripper
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We found Inez, then, neither mentally defective nor insane.
Pathology of Lying, Accusation, and Swindling: A Study in Forens...
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Mrs. Starrett had been very nice to Dorrice, a youngster who was apparently somewhat mentally defective.
The new yorker
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The children of this couple were all mentally defective and low-grade, morally as well as intellectually.
The Eugenic Marriage, Volume 4 (of 4) / A Personal Guide to the ...
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He is often a mentally defective person.
Crime: Its Cause and Treatment
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How should mentally defective criminals be treated?
Problems in American Democracy
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Mental hygiene and care of mentally defective children; K. Juvenile courts; L. Rural social work; M. Scientific information.
The Family and its Members
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I persuaded her that well-intentioned people should receive the same kindly tolerance we extend to the mentally defective.
The Glory of the Conquered: The Story of a Great Love
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From cold, calculating, highly intelligent perversity it had deteriorated into the indiscriminating, dangerous menace of the mentally defective.
The Son of Tarzan
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The presence in the community of individuals, especially girls, who are to some degree mentally defective or morally imbecile.
Venereal Diseases in New Zealand (1922) / Report of the Special ...
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Charlotte Gibney and Henry Sirois had treated her more like a mentally defective child out on a day pass.
End of Watch
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The very poor includes amongst its numbers, the drunkard, the criminal, the professional pauper, and the physically and mentally defective.
The Fertility of the Unfit
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Just as some ill-starred human creatures are born physically or mentally defective-deformedor idiots-somay they be born spiritually defective.
Deadham Hard: A Romance
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