competent
Example Sentences
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The satirical cartoon strip - about a competent but frustrated engineer and his dysfunctional workplace environment - was first published in 1989, and went on to feature in more than 2,000 newspapers in 65 countries.
From BBC
"I don't think it's easier to pass in Llantrisant - if they're competent enough to sit a driving test, they are competent enough to do that anywhere in the UK."
From BBC
To succeed, you must have an excellent, or at least wildly competent, signal-caller under center.
Played with boundless enthusiasm by S. Z. Sakall, Felix is one of the great, undercelebrated chef characters in popular culture: rotund, ebullient, deeply competent, and visibly delighted by his own work.
From Salon
New York’s bill places the decision only with a mentally competent patient, and “safeguards are in place to ensure that those who don’t qualify—say, those with eating disorders or psychiatric conditions—couldn’t receive it.”
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
