1. The appearance or claim of having skill, knowledge, or ability in a particular area when one actually lacks the necessary expertise or qualifications
His false competence in programming became evident when he couldn't debug the simplest code.
Sua competência falsa em programação tornou-se evidente quando ele não conseguiu corrigir o código mais simples.
2. Unwarranted confidence in one's own abilities or skills, often resulting in poor performance or errors
The manager's false competence led the project to failure.
A competência falsa do gerente levou o projeto ao fracasso.