A deliberate and calculated behavior exhibited by an organization or its members, particularly law enforcement agencies, where they feign misunderstanding or lack of capability to fulfill a legal or formal request for information. This tactic is employed as a means of evasion to avoid accountability, transparency, or the disclosure of information that could implicate the organization in illegal activities or misconduct. It is characterized by an outward appearance of cooperation or innocence, masking an intentional effort to obstruct justice or the rightful access to information. This behavior is passive-aggressive in nature because it avoids direct confrontation or refusal while actively working against the requester's aims to uncover truth or obtain justice.
This definition encapsulates the manipulative and obstructive nature of the behavior, emphasizing its purpose as a strategy to evade legal and moral responsibilities.
The police department's refusal to provide the requested documents, coupled with their pretense of not understanding the clear terms of the FOIA request, is a classic case of passive-aggressive strategic incompetence designed to shield themselves from scrutiny.
Zoomerese for corporate authority figure who just doesn't get it.
"CEO of incompetence much I am just a second away from cancelling all of you" - Random Zoomer
Referring to Tom Anderson, creator of MySpace, refusing to allow certain xhtml codes onto user profiles.
Don't be such an incompetent tom, money doesn't grow on trees.
Someone who is bad at what they do, someone who really doesn't know what they're talking about, but they do it in a way that seems outwardly proffessional.
Adjective form: proffessionally-incompetent
It Doug has so much professional-incompetence, he posts his own drivers-ed tutorials online, but he doesn't even know how to drive.
Sarah is professionally-incompetent, because she really does look like she knows what she is talking about, but the pros mock her, because to an outsider she looks like she can talk the talk AND walk the walk, but her catwalk is not a real catwalk; she would hurt herself on a real catwalk.
The shitty life hack, where someone asks you to do something and you do it so badly you are never asked to do it again.
"Creative incompetence"is defined by a paradoxical outlook that requires the incompetent person to use more energy and thought to do the task badly than to do it correctly in the first place.
Paris Hilton never liked being a DJ so, using a little creative incompetence, she designed set lists that included Norwegian mining songs and Hentai movie sound tracks. She now works incognito as a nail technician on Sunset Blvd.
A intellectually incompetent incel or a "III" is someone who is stupid as shit, and still has a v-card.
Intellectually incompetent incel
Pretending or giving the illusion of incompetence and ignorance to hide or conceal your intellectual genius or diabolical plan.
Rudy Giuliani intended to give a press conference at the Four Seasons Hotel...but due to a mix up it was actually at...The Four Seasons Total Lawn Care Center that was between an Adult Bookstore and a Crematorium. The press thought it was a sign of his incompetence and true ignorance, but in reality it was "Incompetent Camouflage" designed by him to give his clients enemies a continued false sense of security while he continued with is plan.