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  • 121Regurgitation — A backward flowing. For example, of food. Or the sloshing of blood back into the heart (or between chambers of the heart) when a heart valve is incompetent and does not close effectively. * * * 1. A backward flow, as of blood through an… …

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  • 122Kenneth L. Curtis — (born August 3, 1965) is a former college student from Connecticut who on October 30, 1987 shot and killed his estranged girlfriend, and shot himself in the head. He was charged criminally for the killing, but originally was found mentally… …

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  • 123inept — I (incompetent) adjective awkward, blundering, bungling, clumsy, disqualified, foolish, ignorant, ill qualified, impotent, inadept, inadequate, inapt, incapable, incompetent, ineffective, ineffectual, inefficacious, inefficient, ineptus, inexpert …

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  • 124ignorant — ignorant, ante [ iɲɔrɑ̃, ɑ̃t ] adj. • 1253; lat. ignorans 1 ♦ IGNORANT DE : qui n a pas la connaissance d une chose; qui n est pas au courant, pas informé de. Être ignorant des événements, des usages. « Longtemps, elle piétina, ignorante de l… …

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  • 125inadequate — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. scant, wanting, short, below par; incomplete, partial, deficient, lacking. See insufficiency.Ant., adequate. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Insufficient] Syn. lacking, deficient, scanty, short, meager,… …

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  • 126inefficient — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. ineffective, incompetent. See uselessness, impotence. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Wasteful] Syn. extravagant, improvident, slack, disorganized; see careless 1 , wasteful . 2. [Lacking competence] Syn …

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  • 127unqualified — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. unfit, unsuited, ineligible; straight, thoroughgoing; certain, out and out, outright, unconditional, consummate, complete. See certainty, unskillfulness. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Absolute] Syn.… …

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  • 128Keystone Cops — The Keystone Cops was a series of silent film comedies featuring a totally incompetent group of policemen produced by Mack Sennett for his Keystone Film Company between 1912 and 1917. The idea came from Hank Mann, who also played police chief… …

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