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Competent meaning
Having sufficient skill, knowledge, ability, or qualifications. | Having jurisdiction or authority over a particular issue or question. | Adequate for the purpose.
Synonyms of Competent
Example sentences (20)
Perhaps because of this, almost 77% of students from 10 medical schools in New England felt “not competent” or “somewhat not competent” in treating gender minority patients, according to a 2018 pilot study.
One doctor concluded that Carl Roy Webb Boards II “is not just competent, he is very competent,” the judge noted.
They would also have to be “culturally competent, socially-emotionally competent, effective communicators and global citizens,” according to the plan.
In our community, competent men continue to be valued and rewarded over competent women (the same women who prop them up and cover for them).
Worse, none was seen as strongly competent or ethical – with government being seen as the least competent and ethical out of all our institutions.
This shear zone is developed on the boundary of two major lithologies: massive, very competent, poorly foliated dark green meta-volcanic at hanging wall versus well foliated, less competent, micaceous meta-sediments at footwall.
Another online experiment revealed a clear gender bias: When participants were asked to identify faces as either or female, they tended to rate more competent faces as male and less competent faces as female.
The appellate legal team argued that Echols did not waive his assertion that he was not mentally competent before his 1994 trial because he was not competent to waive it.
According to the 2022 Annual Report of the Commission Against Corruption (CCAC), there were 322 cases which did not meet the requirements to be placed on file and were instead archived or transferred to competent departments for follow-up.
According to the new measures, the Inia community will also be able to process local sea salt from Lara, and make use of the local cliffs for climbing activities, both under conditions to be set by the competent agencies.
A competent, articulate, and persuasive leader who provided a constant, stable contrast to the ridiculousness of Westminster.
A competent workforce can also be developed in growing industries like technology, healthcare, and renewable energy with the help of education.
Also, both Jadeja and Ashwin are competent Test batters, but the former lost a bit of mojo when it comes to batting in ODIs, if one looks at his current strike-rate.
Amon is a viciously competent antagonist in He exclusively relies on martial arts to defeat some of Republic City's most powerful benders.
A new phenomenon had emerged on the political terrain with the entry of Peter Obi on a platform of youth mobilization for the establishment of a competent and technocratic government.
As a result, the competent authority has decided to postpone the stray vacancy round of Postgraduate counselling 2023.
Assertive communicators are competent at clearly defining boundaries.
A team of competent sports journalists will be at the venue for the extensive coverage.
At this point, Boruto does not seem to have much control over activating it, but once he does, he seems competent in using it to his advantage.
By that we mean, is the income generated from a second parent entering the workforce enough to balance out the cost of having professional and competent childcare?