competent English
Adjective
( en adjective)
Having sufficient skill, knowledge, ability, or qualifications.
- He is a competent skier and an expert snowboarder.
(legal) Having jurisdiction or authority over a particular issue or question.
- For any disagreements arising from this contract, the competent court shall be the Springfield Circuit Court.
- judicial authority having competent jurisdiction
Adequate for the purpose
* 1662 , , Book II, A Collection of Several Philosophical Writings of Dr. Henry More, p. 67:
- "For if [birds] had been Viviparous , the burthen of their womb, if they had brought forth any competent number at a time, had been so big and heavy, that their wings would have failed them "
Quotations
* "I believe in that myself because it has been explained by competent men as the convolutions of the grey matter." - James Joyce, Ulysses , 1922
* "That as a competent keyless citizen he had proceeded energetically from the unknown to the known through the incertitude of the void." - James Joyce, Ulysses , 1922
Related terms
* competence
* compete
* competition
* competentness
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amateur Noun
( en noun)
A lover (of) something.
* 2006 , John Hailman, Thomas Jefferson on Wine , University of Mississippi 2006, p. x:
- he conducted extensive correspondence on wines with European suppliers, employing a wine vocabulary familiar to any modern amateur of wines.
A person attached to a particular pursuit, study, or science as to music or painting; especially one who cultivates any study or art, from taste or attachment, without pursuing it professionally.
- She is an accomplished amateur woodworker.
Someone who is unqualified or insufficiently skillful.
- The entire thing was built by some amateurs with screwdrivers and plywood.
Derived terms
* radio amateur
Synonyms
* dilettante
* bungler
Adjective
( en adjective)
Non-professional.
Created, done, or populated by amateurs or non-professionals.
- amateur sports
Showing a lack of professionalism, experience or talent.
- Duct tape is a sure sign of amateur workmanship.
Derived terms
* amateur hour
* amateur night
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