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Noun
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Failure to respond within the required timeframe may result in disqualification and selection of an alternate winner, in Sponsor’s sole discretion.—
AJC.com,
AJC.com,
8 June 2026 -
Day Pitney opposed disqualification.—
Edmund H. Mahony,
Hartford Courant,
3 June 2026
Noun
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Wardex's incompetence is another bugbear.—
Ian Stokes,
Space.com,
12 June 2026
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California’s slow counting process is not the result of incompetence or an unexpected surge in turnout.—
Matt Klink,
Oc Register,
10 June 2026
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But Iraq’s inability to keep the margin of defeat narrow when that very well could be the tiebreaker for one of the top eight third-place spots showed a bit of naivety that could prove very damaging.—
Ian Nicholas Quillen,
Forbes.com,
18 June 2026
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Rashada’s unlikely—if not deeply ironic—windfall highlights the secondary market for House claims that has emerged during the post-settlement limbo of antitrust litigation over college athletes’ long-standing inability to profit from their name, image and likeness rights.—
Daniel Libit,
Sportico.com,
17 June 2026
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Federal agents have descended upon the home of Cindy Rodriguez Singh, the North Texas mom who was recently sent to a state hospital after an incompetency ruling in the murder of her young son.—
Matthew Ablon,
CBS News,
12 May 2026
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The longer the delay, the more the system risks turning temporary incompetency into long-term confinement.—
Stephen Martin,
Oklahoma Watch,
30 Mar. 2026
Noun
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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,
12 June 2026
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Immortality would also be lost on Stoyte, who rivals the carp in his mindless incapacity to notice anything interesting.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
21 May 2026
Noun
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And that capped an opening 24 minutes of either offensive ineptitude or defensive prowess, depending on perspective.—
Tim Reynolds,
Los Angeles Times,
14 June 2026
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And that capped an opening 24 minutes of either offensive ineptitude or defensive prowess, depending on perspective.—
Tim Reynolds,
Chicago Tribune,
13 June 2026
Noun
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Decadence is sensuality and impotence, opulence and decay.—
Olivia Kan-Sperling,
Artforum,
2 May 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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The Wolf’s nudity could be read as a metaphor for his acceptance of his powerlessness, his willingness to listen with humility, and his purity.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
26 May 2026
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Violence can come from feelings of powerlessness and desperation.—
Max Gao,
Variety,
29 Apr. 2026
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“Inaptitude.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inaptitude. Accessed 20 Jun. 2026.
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