A term used by bad managers and by friends, family members, and romantic partners alike in circumstances where they want somebody else to do things their way but they do not want to properly communicate what their way is (or where they are happy to wax on about frivolous details but never justify why said details would actually matter to anyone else).
They will describe whoever is doing a sufficiently poor job reading their minds as incompetent, and if they suspect you are doing a poor job specifically so that they'll have to meet their own ineffable requirements (if you want something done "right", do it yourself) then they will call it "weaponized" incompetence.
In their minds the term means "feigning not being good at a task to get out of doing it" but in practice such a campaign could only ever work when there's only one person who has skin in the game for the task to be done in a certain way to begin with.
They will describe whoever is doing a sufficiently poor job reading their minds as incompetent, and if they suspect you are doing a poor job specifically so that they'll have to meet their own ineffable requirements (if you want something done "right", do it yourself) then they will call it "weaponized" incompetence.
In their minds the term means "feigning not being good at a task to get out of doing it" but in practice such a campaign could only ever work when there's only one person who has skin in the game for the task to be done in a certain way to begin with.
"Don't you even know how to make me a sandwich? The pickles have to go on top of the provolone, and the mustard and mayonaise should never touch. You didn't even cut off the crust, and who slices a sandwich lengthwise? It *must* be diagonal! Fine, I'll make my own damned sandwich, but I swear you do this on purpose just to avoid doing it the right way. It's weaponized incompetence! *huff*"
by Happ MacDonald April 8, 2024
Get the weaponized incompetencemug. White arm aka cold weapon. Is a weapon that does not use fire or explosions (such as an act of combustion) Fists, elbows, knee, a knife, swords, club an axe etc;
Man Devin got into it with two guys at the club last night and laid them both out. mans a “cold weapon”
by Sketchy at best July 22, 2022
Get the Cold weaponmug. by anonymous December 23, 2023
Get the Weaponized Incompetencemug. 
Hym "Where have you been?"
Iam "Mmm? Trying to find something to watch... Heard you shout something about Dregs..."
Hym "Yes! Isn't that fucking hilarious!? She said 'they're weaponizing the dregs of society'! Hahaha! That's exactly what they're doing! We're dregs! No one uses that phrase! Except for us."
Iam "Mmm... I am legion..."
Hym "What are you eating?"
Iam "Sandwich..."
Hym "Well, cut it out! You're spoiling the moment! We're like the ultimate weapon! We're practically Escanor! This is absolutely hilarious!"
Iam "Well is that's the case, they need to do is send one of them cute girls over here to polish the ol' handle..."
Hym "Wha... Wow! That was little out of left field for you."
Iam "Meh..."
Hym "........ Go get me a sandwich..."
Iam "Mmm? Trying to find something to watch... Heard you shout something about Dregs..."
Hym "Yes! Isn't that fucking hilarious!? She said 'they're weaponizing the dregs of society'! Hahaha! That's exactly what they're doing! We're dregs! No one uses that phrase! Except for us."
Iam "Mmm... I am legion..."
Hym "What are you eating?"
Iam "Sandwich..."
Hym "Well, cut it out! You're spoiling the moment! We're like the ultimate weapon! We're practically Escanor! This is absolutely hilarious!"
Iam "Well is that's the case, they need to do is send one of them cute girls over here to polish the ol' handle..."
Hym "Wha... Wow! That was little out of left field for you."
Iam "Meh..."
Hym "........ Go get me a sandwich..."
by Hym Iam May 19, 2022
Get the Weaponizingmug. And THIS is a government cover up. Now... If it was THEIR kids dying... Instead of YOUR kids dying... How fast would they be telling the truth right now?
by Hym Iam June 12, 2025
Get the THIS is weaponized schizophreniamug. a weapon that is fed through 30 magazine clips and that has black parts, it is blamed for everything.
"assault weapons need to be banned, they are the main cause of violence, poverty, climate change and illness"
by armedmonkey5.56 May 1, 2023
Get the assault weaponmug.