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Noun
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However, their inexperience, not to mention their lack of shot-making when the pace slows down, cost them in the playoffs.—
Robert Marvi,
MSNBC Newsweek,
20 Aug. 2025 -
Analysts noted that Long was a unique choice for IRS commissioner, given his relative inexperience in the field.—
Brady Knox,
The Washington Examiner,
8 Aug. 2025
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The board meeting, including the line of people so eager to praise Battle and silence her critics, was all so hard to watch, and not just because of the egregious display of incompetence by whomever concocted such a terrible plan.—
Andrea Williams,
Nashville Tennessean,
15 Aug. 2025
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Secondly, and speaking of incompetence, Antoni is wholly unqualified.—
S.E. Cupp,
New York Daily News,
14 Aug. 2025
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“Ham-handedness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ham-handedness. Accessed 29 Aug. 2025.
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