incompetent
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"Cruel or incompetent practice should have been prevented. Any behaviour which countered this was reprehensible."
From BBC ● Jun. 14, 2026
Brittan, from Devon, who spoke to the BBC after waiving her automatic lifelong right to anonymity, described the Met as "shambolic, incompetent and complicit".
From BBC ● Jun. 3, 2026
I have watched so much incompetent Knicks basketball—and spent so much time mocking this team—I almost can’t believe the words I am typing.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 26, 2026
Pete Hegseth is no Melvin Laird — Nixon’s defense secretary who was so incompetent as to be blamed for losing the Vietnam War.
From Salon ● May 8, 2026
“We asked for rescue and you sent us incompetent rock-star pirates with a broken ship and perfect abs?”
From "Beauty Queens" by Libba Bray
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