incompetence
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But really, this level of incompetence is in a league of its own.
From Salon ● Aug. 16, 2026
BTP has confirmed two officers have been moved to other roles due to "incompetence" in handling investigations into Levy's transport assaults.
From BBC ● Aug. 8, 2026
This is an astonishing display of incompetence, or disloyalty, or both.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 27, 2026
Never attribute to malice what you can attribute to carelessness or incompetence.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 10, 2026
Somehow this, knowing that her husband was so close but that these layers of bureaucracy and incompetence were keeping her from him—it was too much.
From "Zeitoun" by Dave Eggers
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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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