incompetent

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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

I wrote a letter a couple of weeks ago about my aunt, who had been declared incompetent by two doctors due to alleged dementia.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 19, 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

During much of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, private detective agencies had filled the vacuum left by decentralized, underfunded, incompetent, and corrupt sheriff and police departments.

From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann