incompetent

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In July 2025, the month Jeffries was admitted to the prison hospital, she says he told her he was there to "prove" he was "incompetent".

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

The upside is that you keep your enemies on their toes, while the downside is that you risk looking unsure and incompetent at home.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 10, 2026

It would be one thing if Noem were uniquely incompetent.

From Salon • Mar. 6, 2026

They believed that excuses were tools of the incompetent and forced every cadet to believe the same.

From "The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates" by Wes Moore