incompetence
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The Founders gifted us a new social order, a sturdy framework of governance that has endured malfeasance, incompetence and division.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 30, 2026
Most factors, except a significant one: Moreno’s ownership incompetence has been facilitated by the group of sycophants he has apparently surrounded himself with.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 6, 2026
The regulations had been in place since 2011, according to the government, which blamed universities for not being clear through either "incompetence or abuse of the system".
From BBC • Apr. 20, 2026
There’s plenty of furtive gags like this throughout “Up in Smoke”: police incompetence, absent parents, anti-war rhetoric and racial stereotypes that function as satire.
From Salon • Apr. 18, 2026
“But when things weren’t going well, they became signs of incompetence or instability on my part—even among employees and business partners.”
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
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Franklin D. Roosevelt's First Inaugural Address (March 4, 1933), List 1
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Vocabulary Heard at the 2016 Republican National Convention
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