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Noun
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Under these rules, such a refusal results in disqualification and the corresponding sanctions.—
Ryan Gaydos,
FOXNews.com,
8 Apr. 2025 -
Le Pen’s disqualification is certain to draw attacks from Washington, D.C.—
Scott Roxborough,
HollywoodReporter,
31 Mar. 2025
Noun
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This action — a mistake or incompetence, take your pick — risks disseminating important information, jaw-dropping in its specificity, to our enemies, and could perhaps endanger American lives.—
Sun Sentinel Editorial Board,
Sun Sentinel,
3 Apr. 2025
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Ultimately, these appeals amounted mostly to rhetorical posturing and, because of policy inconsistencies and incompetence, effected little concrete change.—
MATIAS SPEKTOR,
Foreign Affairs,
1 Apr. 2025
Noun
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And, his inability to admit his mistakes and face the consequences.—
Paul Du Quenoy,
MSNBC Newsweek,
28 Mar. 2025
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His campaign went under the radar last season, due to the team’s poor record, a few bad outings, and an inability to finish healthy.—
Johnny Flores Jr.,
New York Times,
27 Mar. 2025
Noun
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When pressed on such timelines during a Senate hearing in December 2024, FDA Commissioner Robert Califf reiterated the issue isn’t a matter of corruption or incompetency, but federal support.—
Andrew Paul,
Popular Science,
15 Jan. 2025
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It's been a revolving door of incompetency under center for the Browns this year.—
Dan Perry,
Newsweek,
2 Jan. 2025
Noun
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These will ensure financial and business continuity by establishing legal safeguards for decision making in case of incapacity.—
Meredith Moore,
Forbes.com,
3 Apr. 2025
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That autumn, the Kremlin, seemingly in agreement with the war correspondents about the incapacity of Russia’s military leadership, intervened in the military command structure and launched a round of mobilization that sent hundreds of thousands of new soldiers to the frontlines.—
Julian G. Waller,
Foreign Affairs,
14 Aug. 2024
Noun
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The danger is very real, to be sure, but Ray and Manny’s comical ineptitude keeps it from getting too grim.—
Dave Nemetz,
TVLine,
13 Mar. 2025
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The Magic’s ineptitude puts them at a severe disadvantage on most nights.—
Josh Robbins,
The Athletic,
25 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Jack Harrison squandered one promising position with a pass that dribbled through to Caoimhin Kelleher, a metaphor for their impotence during the evening.—
Patrick Boyland,
New York Times,
3 Apr. 2025
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If the first terrorist attack against Charlie Hebdo was an unfortunate failure on the part of French security, the second in the Bataclan was a sign of systemic impotence.—
Camille Pecastaing,
Foreign Affairs,
15 July 2016
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“Inaptitude.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inaptitude. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.
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