as in disqualification
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Noun
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The sense of unity came in contrast to last year's graduation at Harvard College, the undergraduate school, when hundreds staged a walkout to decry the disqualification of 13 students who had been involved in protests against the war in Gaza.—
Daniella Silva,
NBC news,
29 May 2025 -
One of the trial’s defendants had requested the disqualification of Judge Julieta Makintach due to a possible lack of impartiality and for allegedly authorizing the filming of a documentary during court hearings.—
Abel Alvarado,
CNN Money,
29 May 2025
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It was hoped by Orioles fans that, after years of incompetence and penuriousness by the Angeloses, Rubenstein would spend money to keep the team competitive with the Yankees, Red Sox and Blue Jays.—
Bill Madden,
New York Daily News,
24 May 2025
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The chaos and incompetence of the tariff rollout has led to collapsing sentiment.—
Kevin Coldiron,
Forbes.com,
7 May 2025
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Indeed, the root cause of the Iberian grid’s failure on a clear, windy day when 70% of Spain’s generation capacity was coming from renewables was the Spanish grid’s inability to gracefully handle such a surplus of renewables generation.—
Erik Kobayashi-Solomon,
Forbes.com,
8 June 2025
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Brennan grilled Wolfe about his use of the Signal app to share encrypted messages with the defense and about his inability to produce communications under a court order because his texts were deleted.—
Michael Ruiz,
FOXNews.com,
6 June 2025
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Outside of your job, take time to strengthen your incompetency by undergoing extra training and courses, and attending events if necessary.—
Rachel Wells,
Forbes.com,
5 May 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
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,
2 June 2025
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Evidence of aging is not evidence of mental incapacity.—
Sonam Sheth,
MSNBC Newsweek,
19 May 2025
Noun
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The offensive ineptitude spoiled a night in which every Angels pitcher who took the mound acquitted himself well.—
Jeff Fletcher,
Oc Register,
28 May 2025
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The White Sox are no longer the face of baseball ineptitude, thanks to the high-altitude, low-aptitude Rockies.—
Zack Meisel,
New York Times,
22 May 2025
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Democrats’ impotence had no clearer moment of illustration than Republicans’ willingness to change the rules to avoid a tough vote in the next few weeks.—
Philip Elliott,
TIME,
12 Mar. 2025
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That includes impotence, incontinence and life-threatening infections.—
Kevin Rector,
Los Angeles Times,
20 May 2025
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“Inaptitude.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inaptitude. Accessed 14 Jun. 2025.
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