incompetence
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The Justice Department’s struggle to appoint U.S. attorneys stemmed from a mix of obstinance and incompetence.
From Slate • Mar. 24, 2026
When I mention this feat of incompetence to the technologist inside the examining room, she tells me I could’ve just taken off my shirt.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 17, 2026
Using untrained proxies, as a former European diplomat to Russia puts it, adds "a layer of unpredictability - and incompetence".
From BBC • Mar. 11, 2026
Mr. Brundage investigates whether these onerous conditions were the product of neglect, incompetence and chaos, or whether they reflected a more deliberate policy of retribution.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 20, 2026
A story was direct and simple, allowing nothing to come between herself and her reader—no intermediaries with their private ambitions or incompetence, no pressures of time, no limits on resources.
From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan
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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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