A pattern in which someone repeatedly depends on another person’s preparation, judgment, credibility, or expertise while presenting the final result as evidence of their own capability.
The appearance of competence is sustained by access to someone else’s competence.
NATURAL USAGE
“You are not demonstrating readiness. You are Competence Borrowing.”
Candidate term. Proposed as a Human As Hell original; not trademark-cleared or legally verified, and not claimed as exclusive.