of unsound mind

1. 1.

   not of sound mind, memory, or understanding; in law, not competent to go to trial

   Synonymsnon compos mentis

   Similarinsane

Questions about of unsound mind

What does of unsound mind mean?

of unsound mind means "not of sound mind, memory, or understanding; in law, not competent to go to trial".

What is another word for of unsound mind?

Close synonyms include non compos mentis. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is of unsound mind a common word?

of unsound mind is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.