incompetent
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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
In further recordings, Jeffries says he is "hoping for a good outcome", describing being found fit as a "disaster", and tells a doctor: "you better find me incompetent", Central Islip court heard.
From BBC • Mar. 28, 2026
Money is the focus in the tracks like “La Moneda,” with Joel’s voice echoing through the backdrop as he proclaims that cash might change some tacky, incompetent chumps, but not him.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 25, 2026
They told me her personal physician had never declared her incompetent and was actually reinstating her competency.
From MarketWatch • Mar. 19, 2026
“But you realize we had to get permission from someone in your immediate family. You were incompetent to agree to this yourself.”
From "Flowers for Algernon" by Daniel Keyes
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