incompetence
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Incompetence and corruption plague both the private and the public sectors, Mr. Mylovanov acknowledged, and a balance must be struck to root it out.
From New York Times • Dec. 8, 2022
Incompetence and abuses of power don’t reveal themselves; exposing them requires the courage of witnesses in government to assume the personal and professional risk of speaking out.
From Washington Post • Oct. 27, 2022
"They actually denied the claim for narcolepsy saying it would only be approved for narcolepsy. Human error? Malice? Incompetence? I can't explain it."
From Salon • May 30, 2022
"Incompetence is fast turning into criminality," he wrote in a tweet.
From BBC • Jan. 9, 2022
The mischief began with the evil spirits of Ignorance and Incompetence.
From The House that Jill Built after Jack's had proved a failure by Gardner, E. C. (Eugene Clarence)
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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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