incompetent
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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
Palmer found himself spending time trying to get his expenses cleared through an incompetent bureaucracy, rather than romancing a beautiful girl on a sandy beach.
From BBC • Mar. 17, 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
For everyone’s sake, he thought, you will have to be declared incompetent and confess, Miss Trixie.
From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole
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