incompetence
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He said they had "shown complete incompetence" with their handling of the demonstrations and called them "specialists in organised chaos".
From BBC ● Oct. 18, 2026
Mahmood Ul Islam, a 72-year-old lawyer in Kohat, south of Peshawar, told AFP he welcomed the emergency order, accusing the provincial government of "incompetence".
From Barron's ● Oct. 12, 2026
“It’s just this weaponized incompetence or malevolent neglect.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026
"Publishing something like this is the height of incompetence and a lack of basic respect for people," said one young woman whose parents had gone missing, in a video shared online.
From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2026
It makes me think of my life, my nonexistent accomplishments and my overall abilities in incompetence.
From "I Am the Messenger" by Markus Zusak
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Franklin D. Roosevelt's First Inaugural Address (March 4, 1933), List 1
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