mentally ill
Americanadjective
noun
Etymology
Origin of mentally ill
First recorded in 1935–40
Example Sentences
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The credit, he said, should be shared with the Dodgers’ mental skills coaches.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 22, 2026
The policy was designed by mental skills coach Gilbert Enoka to allows players to police themselves.
From BBC • Dec. 25, 2025
Some also performed better on a task of executive functioning, a set of mental skills that help us, for example, plan, organize, and switch between tasks.
From Science Daily • Dec. 11, 2025
For that, McCullum is relying on another Kiwi, Gilbert Enoka, who spent 21 years as the mental skills coach for the New Zealand All Blacks rugby team.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 21, 2025
The two hemispheres specialize in different mental skills, but brain functions are not as neatly divided as they appear.
From "Phineas Gage" by John Fleischman
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