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. by Sexydimma October 16, 2024
Get the Incompetently stupidmug. What have you done recently that's incompetently stupid?
by Sexydimma October 15, 2024
Get the Incompetently stupidmug. 
Get the Incompetentmug. Someone who only got the job because they are gay and the gay boss likes that. Couldn't do the work for shit.
I wonder if it was Gavin himself or some Incompetent Queer underling who came up with the phrase "Make America Gavin Again". This drivel exemplifies why corruption is a bad thing. We get worse ideas because of it.
by Publius0987 August 26, 2025
Get the Incompetent Queermug. When there is a task or job function that you consistently screw up so the organization assigns the task to someone else, this rewarding the incompetence with lower responsibility.
Jim was responsible for printing and applying the labels to the shipping boxes, but kept putting the wrong labels on, so it is now his supervisors responsibility. Thus Jim has received rewarded incompetence with lower responsibility.
by anonymous May 19, 2024
Get the rewarded incompetencemug. to be an incompetent loaf means to have a serious lack of intelligence or smarts in any sense of the word whilst sitting limply and letting anyone slice, dice, or dip your lack of skills into their bowl of repeated insults...per their own pleasure and satisfaction
I'm am sick of my boss thinking I am an incompetent loaf who can do nothing but simplistic data entry!
by torosgirl February 19, 2009
Get the incompetent loafmug.