adj
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capable ; qualified
능력 있는 ; 자질을 갖춘
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The plumber Melody hired to fix her leaky pipes was not competent ; when the plumber had finished, the pipes were leakier than they had been before.
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Peter is a competent student but not an exceptional one ; he earns average grades and he never makes observations that cause his teachers to gasp with wonder.
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I didn't feel competent to rebuild my car's engine, so I let a trained mechanic do the job.
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반의어는 incompetent. 명사형은 competence.