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institutionalized incompetence

When a dysfunctional institution teaches and embraces incompetence as though it is the pinnacle of competence because it is so embedded in its culture.
How does one truthfully explain something like the post office or the prison industrial system to a child without in some way making a reference to institutionalized incompetence?
by Dr Bunnygirl June 21, 2020
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Buffer of Incompetence

The person that is worse at their job than you. The person that will be fired if there are layoffs.
Crap... Steven got let go; he was my buffer of incompetence. I'll have to step it up.
by benmo88 January 23, 2020
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Institutional Incompetence

How ever much money, time & training, large government departments and publicly run local bodies etc cannot get anything right.
For two weeks bad weather is forecast, 4 inches of snow falls, the country is ground to a halt, closed airports, railways, roads & schools, caused by institutional incompetence.
by Elle Kaye March 22, 2011
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incrompetent

To throw more interceptions than touchdowns in a single game.
Justin: Jonathan Crompton had a incrompetent day, throwing three interceptions and no touchdowns vs UCLA.

Ricky: Yup, we're screwed this year.
by ]\/[GoBlue September 17, 2009
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incompetiant

Criticizing someone ironically for being bad at their job by being so incompetent that you can't even spell the word correctly.
I would be ashamed to show my face in public if I were as incompetiant as Eric Trump.
by web007 July 14, 2020
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inCOPetant

in-KOP-pə-tənt\
1. A sometimes fat, but always lazy cop, who is not qualified for his or her job.
2. A inadequate police officer, who tries as hard as he can, not to arrest people, just so he can avoid writing reports.
3. A police officer who finds doing his job gets in the way of going on trips to Lake Havasu.
4. Any Douchebag who happens to have a badge.
1. Officer Smith let the bad guy get away (again), after he refused to climb a fence in a foot chase. He is "inCOPetant "
2. Deputy Smith lost the evidence in a rape case. His level of inCOPetence is amazing
by MoDacious-AltaLoma April 26, 2009
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aggressive incompetence

A retail term used to describe stupid people in Louisiana, specifically people in New Orleans and Metairie. People whom get upset at other people for their own stupidity.
Joe ran a red light which caused a car accident and yelled at the innocent person for hitting his car. I looked to my friend and said, "see that? That is aggressive incompetence at it's finest."
by BaneCoven November 11, 2019
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