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Noun
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Sometimes, the same group flashes its inexperience.—
Bryce Miller,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
2 Feb. 2025 -
The Eagles feasted on Jordan Love’s inexperience and the Packers’ nerves.—
Rohan Nadkarni,
NBC News,
17 Jan. 2025
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There will also, no doubt, be a search for efficiency savings, and efforts to root out what Mr. Trump has called incompetence and corruption.—
Ned Temko,
The Christian Science Monitor,
13 Feb. 2025
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Trump’s approval rating never surpassed 50 percent during his first term, and a combination of incompetence, overreach, unpopular policies, and partisan polarization will likely limit his support during his second.—
STEVEN LEVITSKY,
Foreign Affairs,
11 Feb. 2025
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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
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Yet her efforts keep getting undermined by Sorrentino’s own inability to get beyond the beauty himself.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
7 Feb. 2025
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No one age eligible will be turned away due to the inability to give a donation.—
Kay Johnson,
Twin Cities,
6 Feb. 2025
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“Clumsiness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/clumsiness. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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