Example Sentences

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"We have found procedural incompetency and failures in every case we have dealt with," it said.

From BBC • May 21, 2026

I want my relative to be safe and secure, but I am fearful that this declaration of incompetency by two doctors may tie my hands.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 24, 2026

But why has Hernández morphed into something more, an oversized symbol of strike-calling incompetency?

From Seattle Times • May 31, 2024

But I promise you some D.A.s would contest a finding of mental incompetency no matter what.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 1, 2023

Because of his mental illness and incompetency, George was never retried or prosecuted.

From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson