[
UK
/kˈɒmpɪtənt/
]
[ US /ˈkɑmpətɪnt/ ]
[ US /ˈkɑmpətɪnt/ ]
ADJECTIVE
-
legally qualified or sufficient
a competent court
competent testimony -
adequate, but not outstanding or exceptional
a competent performance -
properly or sufficiently qualified or capable or efficient
a competent typist
How To Use competent In A Sentence
- These Brits are either bunglers, incompetent, mean-spirited, or they have no minds of their own.
- They kicked out our competent people and posted nincompoops. Times, Sunday Times
- So no matter how boneheaded an incompetent manager I am, my department is 100% guaranteed to be profitable as long as I'm good at keeping my receipts?
- I have also had dealings with totally incompetent muppets posing as health professionals.
- Because the learner has become competent with the short vowels, consonants, and consonant blends, he or she can now concentrate on mastering the long-vowel spelling forms.
- They have suffered embarrassment and worst from dopes, dubbos and incompetents.
- Reporter - unquote "unquote" is looking for a confident, competent and ambitious reporter with language skills, specifically French or Scandinavian, to work as part of the unquote "team. News from Journalism.co.uk
- So basically, the thought is that this woman is going to start slashing the department, and only the really competent people will remain.
- A psychiatrist said McKibben was competent to stand trial .
- That being the case, it is inconceivable to me that an accused cannot raise, by way of prerogative writ, the issue of the statutory validity of service before a court of competent jurisdiction.