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Recent Examples of incompetency 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 It's been a revolving door of incompetency under center for the Browns this year. Dan Perry, Newsweek, 2 Jan. 2025 Brown signed an incompetency finding last Wednesday. Skye Seipp, Austin American-Statesman, 5 Nov. 2024 Any disagreements, incompetencies, and misunderstandings will cause visible damage to your home and your mental health during the process. Aksha Mittapalli, Better Homes & Gardens, 6 Aug. 2024 See All Example Sentences for incompetency
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Noun
  • Overuse of the members of Generation K — Jason Isringhausen, Bill Pulsipher and Paul Wilson — during their rookie seasons is often blamed for the trio’s inability to stay healthy and effective.
    Jerry Beach, Forbes.com, 13 Sep. 2025
  • Roberts pointed to the Dodgers’ inability to support Yamamoto with more than one run against 42-year-old Justin Verlander – on a solo home run by Michael Conforto in the seventh inning – as part of the problem.
    Bill Plunkett, Oc Register, 13 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Cloobeck is also running a television ad in Orange County – where the California Republican Party’s convention takes place this weekend – accusing Bianco of corruption and incompetence.
    Nicole Nixon, Sacbee.com, 5 Sep. 2025
  • Beyond Venezuelan incompetence, American pressure and fears of uncontrollable escalation may be driving Chinese caution.
    Wesley Alexander Hill, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025

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“Incompetency.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/incompetency. Accessed 14 Sep. 2025.

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