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1 mental defective
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2 ♦ mental
♦ mental (1) /ˈmɛntl/A a.1 mentale; intellettuale; di (o della) mente: mental block, blocco mentale; mental faculties, facoltà mentali; mental health, igiene mentale; mental activities, attività intellettuali2 (antiq., talvolta sentito come offensivo) relativo alle malattie mentali: mental hospital, casa di cura per malattie mentali; manicomio; a mental patient, un malato di mente; a mental specialist, uno specialista di malattie mentaliB n.( slang) malato di mente; mentecatto; matto; alienato● (psic.) mental age, età mentale □ mental arithmetic, calcoli mentali (o fatti a mente) □ (leg.) mental capacity (o mental competence), capacità d'intendere e di volere □ mental cruelty, crudeltà mentale □ (psic. antiq.) mental defective, minorato psichico □ (psic. antiq.) mental deficiency, minorazione psichica □ mental fog, confusione nella testa □ (leg.) mental incapacity (o mental incompetence), incapacità d'intendere e di volere □ mental reservation, riserva mentale □ mental test, prova delle facoltà mentali (o dell'intelligenza) □ to make a mental note of st., fissare qc. nella (propria) memoria.mental (2) /ˈmɛntl/a.(anat.) mentale; mentoniero; del mento. -
3 defective
[dɪ'fektɪv]1) (faulty) [work, method] difettoso, imperfetto; [sight, hearing] difettoso2) spreg. (mentally deficient) deficiente3) ling. difettivo* * *[-tiv]adjective (having a fault or flaw: a defective machine; He is mentally defective.) difettoso; ritardato* * *defective /dɪˈfɛktɪv/A a.1 difettoso: defective eyesight, vista difettosa; (comm.) defective goods, merci difettose; defective products, prodotti difettosi; (stat.) defective sample, campione difettoso; defective gene, gene difettoso2 (gramm. tradizionale) difettivo: ‘Must’ used to be called a defective verb, ‘must’ veniva chiamato verbo difettivoB n.defectively avv. defectiveness n. [u] AVVISO: Nel significato psicologico oggi si preferisce disabled.* * *[dɪ'fektɪv]1) (faulty) [work, method] difettoso, imperfetto; [sight, hearing] difettoso2) spreg. (mentally deficient) deficiente3) ling. difettivo
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mental — adj. Mentally defective … A concise dictionary of English slang
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