incompetence
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Never attribute to malice what you can attribute to carelessness or incompetence.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 10, 2026
"Nothing, absolutely nothing, has been left to chance, particularly when it comes to the movement of this work," French Culture Minister Catherine Pegard said in June, calling some "insinuations of incompetence" particularly "unfair".
From Barron's ● Jul. 9, 2026
The Founders gifted us a new social order, a sturdy framework of governance that has endured malfeasance, incompetence and division.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 30, 2026
Alfonsi’s parting words to the Columbia Journalism Review perfectly summarized the nightmare unfolding at CBS: “The arrogance, cruelty, and incompetence is stunning.”
From Salon ● Jun. 1, 2026
When not turning it in would be such a good reminder for my mom of her incompetence.
From "The Benefits of Being an Octopus" by Ann Braden
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Franklin D. Roosevelt's First Inaugural Address (March 4, 1933), List 1
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Vocabulary Heard at the 2016 Republican National Convention
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