Usually means: Promotion to level of incompetence.
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General (14 matching dictionaries)
  1. peter principle: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. Peter Principle, Peter Principle: Merriam-Webster
  3. Peter Principle: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. Peter Principle: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. Peter Principle, the Peter Principle: Collins English Dictionary
  6. Peter principle: Wiktionary
  7. Peter Principle: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  8. Peter Principle: Infoplease Dictionary
  9. Peter Principle: Dictionary.com
  10. Peter Principle: Online Etymology Dictionary
  11. Peter Principle, Peter principle (disambiguation), Peter principle, The Peter Principle (TV series), The Peter Principle: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  12. Peter Principle: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. MoneyGlossary.com (No longer online)
  2. Peter Principle: Management Dictionary
  3. Peter Principle: Investopedia
  4. BusinessDictionary.com (No longer online)

Miscellaneous (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. A Brief Critical Dictionary of Education (No longer online)
  2. Peter Principle: A Word A Day
  3. Peter Principle: Wordcraft Dictionary

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Peter Principle: Urban Dictionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (Peter principle)

noun:  (management) The theory that people in an organization tend to rise (be promoted) to the level of their incompetence.

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