Competent

a.	1.	Answering to all requirements; adequate; sufficient; suitable; capable; legally qualified; fit.
	2.	Rightfully or properly belonging; incident; - followed by to. That is the privilege of the infinite Author of things, . . . but is not competent to any finite being. - Locke.

Adj.	1.	competent - properly or sufficiently qualified or capable or efficient; "a competent typist" Antonyms: incompetent - not qualified or suited for a purpose; "an incompetent secret service"; "the filming was hopeless incompetent"
	2.	competent - adequate for the purpose; "a competent performance"

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