Incompetence is the inability to perform; lack of competence; ineptitude.
Aspects of incompetence include:
Administrative incompetence, dysfunctional administrative behaviors that hinder attainment of organization goals Incompetence (law), the legal status of individuals not of sound mind or mentally impaired, unable to make decisions for themselves Military incompetence, failures of members of the military Social ineptitude
Incompetence may also refer to:
Incompetence (geology), Incompetence (novel), a comedy novel published in 2003 by Red Dwarf co-creator Rob Grant
See also Competence (disambiguation) Darwin Awards, a tongue-in-cheek "award" given to people whose incompetence results in their death or loss of ability to reproduce Parody, a form of humor that often employs feigned incompetence Peter principle, tendency for a person to rise to his or her level of incompetence Dunning–Kruger effect, the tendency for incompetent people to grossly overestimate their skills