incompetence
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BTP has confirmed two officers have been moved to other roles due to "incompetence" in handling investigations into Levy's transport assaults.
From BBC ● Aug. 8, 2026
Never attribute to malice what you can attribute to carelessness or incompetence.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 10, 2026
"Nothing, absolutely nothing, has been left to chance, particularly when it comes to the movement of this work," French Culture Minister Catherine Pegard said in June, calling some "insinuations of incompetence" particularly "unfair".
From Barron's ● Jul. 9, 2026
Obrokta said he was furious at what he saw as Conaway’s incompetence in managing the enrollment paperwork.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 28, 2026
We were not unforward nor imprecise in our criticism of our officers, muttering that cowering timidity was but poor cover for past incompetence.
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson
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Franklin D. Roosevelt's First Inaugural Address (March 4, 1933), List 1
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