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competent
(mass) | competent
- oprávnený |
competent
(encz) | competent,kompetentní adj: Zdeněk Brož |
competent
(encz) | competent,kvalifikovaný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
competent
(encz) | competent,oprávněný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
competent
(encz) | competent,schopný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
competent
(encz) | competent,vhodný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
competent
(encz) | competent,způsobilý adj: Zdeněk Brož |
Competent
(gcide) | Competent \Com"pe*tent\ (k[o^]m"p[-e]*tent; 94), a. [F.
comp['e]tent, p. pr. of comp['e]ter to be in the competency
of, LL. competere to strive after together, to agree with;
hence, to be fit. See Compete.]
1. Answering to all requirements; adequate; sufficient;
suitable; capable; legally qualified; fit. "A competent
knowledge of the world." --Atterbury. "Competent age."
--Grafton. "Competent statesmen." --Palfrey. /"A competent
witness." --Bouvier.
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2. Rightfully or properly belonging; incident; -- followed by
to. [Rare, except in legal usage.]
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That is the privilege of the infinite Author of
things, . . . but is not competent to any finite
being. --Locke.
Syn: See Qualified.
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competent
(wn) | competent
adj 1: properly or sufficiently qualified or capable or
efficient; "a competent typist" [ant: incompetent]
2: adequate for the purpose; "a competent performance"
3: legally qualified or sufficient; "a competent court";
"competent testimony" [ant: incompetent, unqualified] |
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competent
(mass) | competent
- oprávnený |
competent
(encz) | competent,kompetentní adj: Zdeněk Brožcompetent,kvalifikovaný adj: Zdeněk Brožcompetent,oprávněný adj: Zdeněk Brožcompetent,schopný adj: Zdeněk Brožcompetent,vhodný adj: Zdeněk Brožcompetent,způsobilý adj: Zdeněk Brož |
competently
(encz) | competently,kompetentně adv: Zdeněk Brož |
incompetent
(encz) | incompetent,nekompetentní adj: Zdeněk Brožincompetent,neodborný adj: Zdeněk Brožincompetent,neschopný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
incompetent cervix
(encz) | incompetent cervix, n: |
incompetent person
(encz) | incompetent person, n: |
incompetently
(encz) | incompetently,nekompetentně adv: Zdeněk Brožincompetently,nezpůsobile adv: Zdeněk Brož |
Competently
(gcide) | Competently \Com"pe*tent*ly\, adv.
In a competent manner; adequately; suitably.
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Incompetent
(gcide) | Incompetent \In*com"pe*tent\, a. [L. incompetens: cf. F.
incomp['e]tent. See In- not, and Competent.]
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1. Not competent; wanting in adequate strength, power,
capacity, means, qualifications, or the like; incapable;
unable; inadequate; unfit.
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Incompetent to perform the duties of the place.
--Macaulay.
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2. (Law) Wanting the legal or constitutional qualifications;
inadmissible; as, a person professedly wanting in
religious belief is an incompetent witness in a court of
law or equity; incompetent evidence; a mentally defective
person is incompetent to care for himself and requires a
legal guardian.
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Richard III. had a resolution, out of hatred to his
brethren, to disable their issues, upon false and
incompetent pretexts, the one of attainder, the
other of illegitimation. --Bacon.
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3. Not lying within one's competency, capacity, or authorized
power; not permissible.
Syn: Incapable; unable; inadequate; insufficient;
inefficient; disqualified; unfit; improper.
Usage: Incompetent, Incapable. Incompetent is a relative
term, denoting a lack of the requisite qualifications
for performing a given act, service, etc.; incapable
is absolute in its meaning, denoting lack of power,
either natural or moral. We speak of a man as
incompetent to a certain task, of an incompetent
judge, etc. We say of an idiot that he is incapable of
learning to read; and of a man distinguished for his
honor, that he is incapable of a mean action.
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Incompetently
(gcide) | Incompetently \In*com"pe*tent*ly\, adv.
In an competent manner; inadequately; unsuitably.
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competent
(wn) | competent
adj 1: properly or sufficiently qualified or capable or
efficient; "a competent typist" [ant: incompetent]
2: adequate for the purpose; "a competent performance"
3: legally qualified or sufficient; "a competent court";
"competent testimony" [ant: incompetent, unqualified] |
competently
(wn) | competently
adv 1: with competence; in a competent capable manner; "they
worked competently" [syn: competently, aptly, ably,
capably] [ant: displaying incompetence,
incompetently] |
immunocompetent
(wn) | immunocompetent
adj 1: capable of developing an immune response following
exposure to an antigen; "immunocompetent cells" [ant:
immunodeficient] |
incompetent
(wn) | incompetent
adj 1: legally not qualified or sufficient; "a wife is usually
considered unqualified to testify against her husband";
"incompetent witnesses" [syn: incompetent,
unqualified] [ant: competent]
2: not qualified or suited for a purpose; "an incompetent secret
service"; "the filming was hopeless incompetent" [ant:
competent]
3: showing lack of skill or aptitude; "a bungling workman"; "did
a clumsy job"; "his fumbling attempt to put up a shelf" [syn:
bungling, clumsy, fumbling, incompetent]
4: not doing a good job; "incompetent at chess" [syn:
incompetent, unskilled]
5: not meeting requirements; "unequal to the demands put upon
him" [syn: incapable, incompetent, unequal to(p)]
n 1: someone who is not competent to take effective action [syn:
incompetent, incompetent person] |
incompetent cervix
(wn) | incompetent cervix
n 1: (obstetrics) uterine cervix that becomes dilated before
term and without labor often resulting in miscarriage or
premature birth |
incompetent person
(wn) | incompetent person
n 1: someone who is not competent to take effective action [syn:
incompetent, incompetent person] |
incompetently
(wn) | incompetently
adv 1: in an incompetent manner; "he did the job rather
incompetently" [syn: incompetently, {displaying
incompetence}] [ant: ably, aptly, capably,
competently] |
BENEFICIUM COMPETENTIAE
(bouvier) | BENEFICIUM COMPETENTIAE. The right which an insolvent debtor had, among the
Romans, on making session of his property for the benefit of his creditors,
to retain what was required for him to live honestly according to his
condition. 7 Toull. n. 258.
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COMPETENT WITNES
(bouvier) | COMPETENT WITNESS. One who is legally qualified to be heard to testify in a
cause. In Kentucky, Michigan, and Missouri, a will must be attested, for the
purpose of passing lands, by competent witnesses; but if wholly written by
the testator, in Kentucky, it need not be so attested. See Attesting
witness; Credible witness; Disinterested witness; Respectable witness; and
Witness.
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