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Noun
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Failure to comply with the contest rules may result in a contestant's disqualification.—
CBS LA Staff,
CBS News,
25 Mar. 2026 -
The confrontation came just days after another judge ruled that the three-person leadership structure installed after Habba’s disqualification was itself unlawful, although that decision has been paused pending appeal.—
Kaelan Deese,
The Washington Examiner,
22 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Investigators found widespread fraud and incompetence in the tax prep industry.—
Michelle Singletary,
Washington Post,
21 Mar. 2026
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The state Board of Dentistry suspended Kamel, who was accused of incompetence after putting two patients through elaborate implant surgeries that failed, leading to painful infections.—
Kristi Miller,
Twin Cities,
20 Mar. 2026
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Its launch of ChatGPT-5 in August was a disaster, as the new model had a flatter, more terse personality, as well as an alarming inability to answer basic questions.—
Allison Morrow,
CNN Money,
26 Mar. 2026
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Carter’s inability to stay healthy is one of the major reasons why this outfield became so problematic in each of the past two years.—
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
26 Mar. 2026
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The reproduction of systemic racism occurs not simply through white denial but also through the promotion of cultural incompetency.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
16 Mar. 2026
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The District Attorney’s Office said a finding of incompetency does not dismiss the case or result in a defendant’s release, and that proceedings will resume if Mock is later deemed competent.—
Stepheny Price,
FOXNews.com,
16 Jan. 2026
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This definition also includes instance in which the victim is incapable of giving consent because of temporary or permanent mental or physical incapacity (include due to the influence of drugs or alcohol) or because of age.—
Baltimore Sun staff,
Baltimore Sun,
13 Mar. 2026
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Only adult citizens would count, including those who, in some states, are not eligible to vote because of a felony conviction or their mental incapacity.—
Hansi Lo Wang,
NPR,
9 Mar. 2026
Noun
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The city is doing harm to itself and to Balboa Park with this kind of ineptitude.—
U T Readers,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
29 Mar. 2026
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The current policy – put in place to ease congestion – is a glaring example of ineptitude in state government.—
Joe Battenfeld,
Boston Herald,
14 Mar. 2026
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But these songs are also honest, sometimes despite themselves, about the feelings of impotence associated with watching history play out on a screen.—
Mitch Therieau,
New Yorker,
7 Feb. 2026
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Those include epidural steroid injections for pain management, cervical fusion, diagnosis and treatment of impotence, and skin and tissue substitutes.—
Jillian Taylor,
StateImpact,
16 Jan. 2026
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The characters in this novel are forced to live in a neoliberal world where their powerlessness is already predetermined, and they’re ignored by society and told to just keep on living.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
23 Mar. 2026
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Perhaps the deepest conflict is not between red and blue, but between power and powerlessness.—
George Packer,
The Atlantic,
16 Mar. 2026
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“Inaptitude.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inaptitude. Accessed 30 Mar. 2026.
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