Qualified

Definition: Qualified

Qualified

Adjective

1. Meeting the proper standards and requirements and training for an office or position or task; "many qualified applicants for the job".

2. Limited or restricted; not absolute; "gave only qualified approval".

3. Holding appropriate documentation and officially on record as qualified to perform a specified function or practice a specified skill; "a registered pharmacist"; "a registered hospital".

4. (grammar) restricted in meaning; (as e.g. `man' in `a tall man').

5. Having elements or qualities mixed in proper or suitable proportions; especially made less severe; "justice moderated with mercy".

6. Contingent on something else.

7. (law) legally qualified; "a competent witness".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "qualified" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1350. (references)

Synonyms: Qualified

Qualification

Adjective: qualifying; Verb: qualified, conditioned, restricted, hedged; conditional; exceptional; (unconformable).

Skill

Experienced, practiced, skilled, hackneyed; up in, well up in; in practice, in proper cue; competent, efficient, qualified, capable, fitted, fit for, up to the mark, trained, initiated, prepared, primed, finished.

Unconformity

Qualified.

Crosswords: Qualified

He's a highly qualified doctor. (Manhattan; writing credit: Woody Allen ; Marshall Brickman)

You asked why I thought I was qualified, I think of that as qualification. (The Way of the Gun; writing credit: Christopher McQuarrie)

I'm afraid I'm not personally qualified to confuse cats, but I can recommend an extremely good service. (Monty Python's Flying Circus; writing credit: Douglas Adams; Graham Chapman)

Not fitting in is how qualified people lose jobs. (Sports Night; writing credit: Tom Brady; Kevin Falls)

And that's all I'm qualified to be (I'd Do Anything For Love (But I Won't Do That); performing artist: Meat Loaf)

God doesn't call the qualified, He qualifies the called. (references; author: unknown)

The Qualified Adventurer (1925)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Books

• Death Qualified (reference)

• Home Improvement Success : Hire a Qualified, Reputable Contractor (reference)

• Life Insurance Answer Book: For Qualified Plans and Estate Planning (reference)

• Qualified Domestic Relations Order Answer Book (reference)

• Qualified for a Miracle: Secrets to Receiving from God (reference)

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Periodicals

• Qualified Remodeler (reference)

• Taxation Of Distributions From Qualified Plans (reference)

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Theater & Movies

• Your Personal Survival Guide on Dealing with Social Security, Qualified Retirement Plans and Professionals with Workbook (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music

• Fully Qualified Survivor [IMPORT] (reference)

• Qualified (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

High Tech

• 1u Riser Card 5.0 V 32bit 1-sl Superserver Qualified (reference)

• Kingston 16X72 128MB PC100 ECC Gold Cl2 Intel Server Qualified (reference)

  (more camera examples; more video game examples; more computer examples; more electronic examples; more software examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

The chiropodist is a medical auxiliary qualified to treat superficial foot complaints ... / WHO p. Credit: National Library of Medicine; photo by E. Mandelmann..

"Master Sergeant Robert I. Ward, non-commissioned officer in charge of the First Marine Aircraft Wing's 'Flying Nightmares' squadron radio operators has recently qualified as the senior Papasan in Korea. He has not only completed his quota of night missions but he is the oldest radio operator in the Marine Corps." Photograph and caption were released by Commander Naval Forces, Far East, under date of 9 October 1952. MSgt. Ward is dressed in rather fancy Korean gentleman's garb. He is posing on the wing of what appears to be a Grumman F7F "Tigercat". Credit: NAVY.

The Only man qualified to be Vice President : Muskie. Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

If a President shall not have been chosen before the time fixed for the beginning of his term, or if the President elect shall have failed to qualify, then the Vice President elect shall act as President until a President shall have qualified; and the Congress may by law provide for the case wherein neither a President elect nor a Vice President shall have qualified, declaring who shall then act as President, or the manner in which one who is to act shall be selected, and such person shall act accordingly until a President or Vice President shall have qualified. (reference)

"That the executive will on the 1st day of January aforesaid, by proclamation, designate the States and parts of States, if any, in which the people thereof, respectively, shall then be in rebellion against the United States; and the fact that any State or the people thereof shall on that day be in good faith represented in the Congress of the United States by members chosen thereto at elections wherein a majority of the qualified voters of such States shall have participated shall, in the absence of strong countervailing testimony, be deemed conclusive evidence that such State and the people thereof are not then in rebellion against the United States." (Abraham Lincoln)

It shall attach a qualified representative to each Inter-Allied Commission of Control for the purpose of receiving the communications which the Commission may have to address to the German Government and of supplying or procuring for the Commission all information or documents which may be required. (reference)

State criminal abortion laws, like those involved here, that except from criminality only a life-saving procedure on the mother's behalf without regard to the stage of her pregnancy and other interests involved violate the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment, which protects against state action the right to privacy, including a woman's qualified right to terminate her pregnancy. (reference)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Or, perhaps she may not have resources enough in herself to be qualified for a country life.

My role, and one for which I was entirely qualified, was to be an extremely ignorant non-zoologist to whom everything that happened would come as a complete surprise.

And thus ambassadors would be qualified to treat with foreign princes or ministers of state, to whose tongues they were utter strangers.

Age is no better, hardly so well, qualified for an instructor as youth, for it has not profited so much as it has lost.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Health

Cabergoline should not be interrupted without consulting a qualified endocrinologist. (references)

Referrals to qualified mental health specialists may be obtained from family physicians. (references)

Bromocriptine treatment should not be interrupted without consulting a qualified endocrinologist. (references)

Business

The sector has also suffered a shortage of qualified teachers. (references)

However, only 5% qualified as HEMs, and all of these were imported. (references)

Qualified applicants will be registered within 20 days from the date of application. (references)

Children

Burundi

Teacher training has been interrupted, and it is difficult to find qualified teachers to work in the provinces most affected by fighting. (references)

Taiwan

Many organizations complain that it is difficult to find qualified workers with disabilities, and they appear to prefer to pay the fines involved. (references)

Pakistan

There is a legal provision requiring public and private organizations to reserve at least 2 percent of their jobs for qualified persons with disabilities. (references)

Civil Liberties

Equatorial Guinea

The reason given was that Nzogo supposedly was not qualified for the position; he was not reinstated to his position during the year, and ASOPGE was inactive. (references)

Nigeria

They indicated that schools in rural areas may not have qualified teachers of Biblical or Christian education classes, and that students in such schools have a right to opt out of Koranic knowledge classes, which otherwise would be required. (references)

Germany

State authorities, working in close cooperation with the International Organization for Migration (IOM), the UNHCR, and other domestic nongovernmental organizations (NGO's), continued to repatriate Bosnian refugees, unless they qualified for an extension of stay on certain humanitarian grounds. (references)

Economic History

Costa Rica

Engaging a qualified lawyer is strongly advised. (references)

Lithuania

Lithuanian labor is inexpensive and highly qualified. (references)

Germany

One ongoing challenge is the lack of qualified employees. (references)

Human Rights

Vietnam

At the Supreme Court level, there is a 20 percent shortage of qualified judges. (references)

Mozambique

A list of qualified persons for the Supreme Court is submitted to the President. (references)

Mozambique

There continued to be a shortage of qualified judicial personnel, with 163 judges nationwide. (references)

Minorities

Czech Republic

Many Roma are qualified only for low-paying jobs as manual laborers since very few complete secondary education. (references)

Greece

Like other qualified citizens, indigent Roma are entitled to free health care; however, their access at times is hindered by the fact that their encampments are located far from public health facilities. (references)

Guyana

Recruitment efforts targeted at Indo-Guyanese candidates for the uniformed services generally have met with an unenthusiastic response, with most qualified Indo-Guyanese candidates opting for a business or professional career over military, police, or public service. (references)

Political Economy

ROMANIA

Foreign companies have qualified for some tax exemptions based on the size of their direct investment. (references)

THE BAHAMAS

Designation under the Caribbean Basin Initiative (CBI) trade program allows qualified Bahamian goods to enter the United States duty-free. (references)

FINLAND

Contrary to many other European countries, licenses were free of charge and granted to the most qualified applicants, rather than by auction. (references)

Political Rights

Kyrgyz Republic

The Office of Democratic Institutions and Human Rights of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE/ODIHR) stated that "international standards for equal, free, fair, and accountable elections were not met." The Government took steps to disqualify otherwise qualified candidates by charging and convicting them on questionable criminal charges. (references)

Nicaragua

In January 2000, the National Assembly approved constitutional amendments supported by the leadership of both the governing PLC and the opposition FSLN. Key elements of the legislation included a change in the requirements that a presidential candidate must meet to avoid a second-round runoff election; expansion of the Supreme Court from 12 to 16 judges; expansion of the CSE from 5 to 7 magistrates; an automatic assembly seat for the outgoing president; a requirement for a two-thirds majority vote in the assembly, rather than the previous qualified majority vote, to remove presidential immunity from prosecution; and the replacement of a single controller general with the a 5-person collegial body charged with investigating allegations of wrongdoing or financial malfeasance by government officials. (references)

Trade

Poland

All payments go through qualified foreign exchange banks. (references)

Travel

Bahrain

Major car rental firms will help qualified clients obtain a temporary Bahraini driving license. (references)

Colombia

In Bogotá in particular, travelers can find very qualified general practitioners and specialists. (references)

Canada

These procedures assure that qualified persons will be permitted entry into Canada on a temporary basis. (references)

Women

Bahrain

Some women complain that admissions policies at the National University aim to increase the number of male students at the expense of qualified female applicants, especially Shi'a women. (references)

Worker Rights

China

Several experts are concerned that fewer monks will be qualified to serve as teachers in the future as a result. (references)

Seychelles

Private employers historically have paid higher wages than the Government in order to attract qualified workers. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Expressions using "qualified": be qualified to ♦ be qualified to do smth. ♦ best qualified candidate ♦ best qualified people ♦ duly qualified ♦ emigration of qualified persons ♦ fully qualified domain name ♦ qualified accountant ♦ qualified candidate ♦ qualified expert ♦ qualified experts ♦ qualified fee ♦ qualified fishing seaman ♦ qualified for ♦ qualified indorsement ♦ qualified negative ♦ qualified pathogen free ♦ qualified pathogen free status ♦ qualified persons ♦ qualified property ♦ qualified segment ♦ qualified teacher ♦ qualified technician ♦ qualified worker. Additional references.

Beginning with "qualified": qualified-majority, qualified-teacher.

Ending with "qualified": better-qualified, english-qualified, highly-qualified, newly-qualified, non-qualified, under-qualified, well-qualified.

Albanian

kompetent (able, adept, adequate, competent, proficient), i përshtatshëm (adapt, adequate, adjustable, appropriate, becoming, befitting, canny, comely, competent, congruous, convenient, decent, desirable, done, due, elastic, eligible, expedient, fit, fitting, germane, handy, likely, livable, liveable, opportune, Pat, proper, propitious, rated, relevant, seemly, suitable, suited, tenable, well-becoming, well-suited), i kufizuar (close, insular, limitary, limited, narrow, narrow minded, one sided, one track, one-idea'd, one-ideaed, parochial, restrained, restricted, Strait, straitened, suburban). (various references)

Arabic 

‏كفوء (adequate, capable, competent, efficient, match), ‏منعوت (described, substantive), ‏لائق (becoming, comeliness, correct, decent, decorous, fit, proper, seemly, suitable), ‏قدير (capable, competent, mighty, potent). (various references)

Bulgarian 

с уговорки, с резерви, с право (pardonably, properly, rightly), компетентен (able, competent, conversant, sciential, versed), подготвен (prepared, ready, trained). (various references)

Chinese 

合� � (eligible). (various references)

Czech

zpùsobilý (apt, eligible, fit), kvalifikovaný (competent, professional, skilled), kompetentní (competent, skilful, skillful), diplomovaný, aprobovaný (certificated). (various references)

Danish

statsautoriseret revisor (accountant, auditor, certified accountant, Certified Public Accountant, Chartered Accountant, or Fellow Chartered Accountants, outside accountant, public accountant, qualified accountant, registered accountant), statsaut revisor (accountant, auditor, certified accountant, Certified Public Accountant, Chartered Accountant, or Fellow Chartered Accountants, outside accountant, public accountant, qualified accountant, registered accountant), revisor (accountant, auditor, certified accountant, Certified Public Accountant, chartered accountant, or Fellow Chartered Accountants, outside accountant, public accountant, qualified accountant, registered accountant, statutory auditor), registreret revisor (accountant, auditor, certified accountant, Certified Public Accountant, Chartered Accountant, or Fellow Chartered Accountants, outside accountant, public accountant, qualified accountant, registered accountant), lavt uddannet (poorly qualified), laegemiddel rekonstitueret af kvalificeret personale (pharmaceutical reconstituted by qualified personnel), kvalificerede sagkyndige (qualified experts), intelligensflugt (brain drain, emigration of qualified persons), hjerneflugt (brain drain, emigration of qualified persons), faglaert arbejder (expert, journeyman, qualified worker, skilled artisan, skilled labour, skilled labourer, skilled worker, specialist), endossement sine obligo (indorsement sans recours, indorsement without recourse, qualified indorsement). (various references)

Dutch

technisch lid (technically qualified member), rechtsgeleerde onderzoeker (legally qualified examiner), rechtsgeleerd lid (legally qualified member), Overeenkomst tot uitbreiding van de bevoegdheid van de autoriteiten belast met de registratie van de erkenning van onwettige kinderen (Convention on the extension of the competence of authorities qualified to receive acknowledgements of children born out of wedlock), meer besluitvorming met gekwalificeerde meerderheid (extending qualified majority voting), laag geschoold (poorly qualified), hersenemigratie (brain drain, emigration of qualified persons), geschoolde arbeider (expert, journeyman, labourer, qualified worker, semi-skilled worker, skilled artisan, skilled labour, skilled labourer, skilled worker, specialist, specialized worker), gediplomeerd pluimveefokker (qualified poultryman, skilled poultryman), door geschoold personeel samengesteld geneesmiddel (pharmaceutical reconstituted by qualified personnel), brain drain (brain drain, emigration of qualified persons), bevoegde deskundigen (qualified experts), basisarts (someone who has completed his theoretical medical studies but who is not qualified to practice medecine until specific practical training requirements have been fulfilled), Akte van bekwaamheid als volledig bevoegd onderwijzer (certificate awarded to fully qualified primary school teachers), accountant (accountant). (various references)

Finnish

varauksellinen, tutkinnon suorittanut, rajoitettu (limited, restricted), pätevä (able, accomplished, capable, competent, tenable, valid), kelpoinen (fit valid), kelpaava (fit, valid), hakukelpoinen, ammattikoulutuksen saanut. (various references)

French

qualifié (qualifier). (various references)

German

qualifiziert (expert, professional, qualifies, requisite), geeignet (applicative, applicatively, appropriate, apt, becoming, convenient, decent, dedicated, eligible, eligibly, feasible, fit, fitted, fitting, fittingly, likely, practical, proper, properly, qualified for, right, seemly, suitable, suitably). (various references)

Greek 

έχων τα προσόντα, περιορισμένοσ (bound, confined, finite, pent, poky, restricted), πτυχιούχοσ (graduate, regisvered), επιφυλακτικόσ (canny, cautious, chary, chary of, gingerly, gingery, guarded, non committal, offish, reserved, uncommunicative, undemonstrative), αρμόδιοσ (able, apposite, competent, meet, pertinent, suitable), αξιολογημένος ως κατάλληλος, τροποποιημένοσ (adfected). (various references)

Hebrew 

מוכשר (able, apt, capable, competent, gifted, skilled, talented, up and coming), מוסמך (authentic, authorized, certificated, certified, competent, graduate, master, ordained), מסוי�' (classified, restrictive), מסו�'ל (able, adept, apt, capable, suited), כשיר (fit). (various references)

Hungarian

módosított (modified), képzett (erudite, literate), képesített (competent, licensed), korlátozott (confined, limitary, limited, narrow, restd, restrained, restricted), feltételes (conditional, conditioned, contingent, hypothetical, potential, provisory). (various references)

Indonesian

berkualitas. (various references)

Italian

qualificato (skilled, trained). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

適� � (competent, eligible), 該�"者 (the person concerned). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

がいとうしゃ (the person concerned), てきかく (accurate, competent, eligible, precise), てっかく (accurate, competent, eligible, precise). (various references)

Korean 

자격을 주�". (various references)

Manx

aarlit (cooked, groomed, prepared). (various references)

Pig Latin

alifiedquay

Portuguese

qualificado (able, competent), restrito (classified, confined, limited, narrow, restricted, select, short), reservado (aloof, box, cagey, chilly, close, closet, confidential, demure, distant, exclusive, freezing, incommunicative, long run, non-committal, offish, particular, repulsive, reserved, reticent, retiring, secretive, self-contained, separate, shy, special, stand-off, stand-offish, taciturn, unamenable, uncommunicative, undemonstrative), idóneo (bona fide, competent, safe), condicional (provisory), competente (able, adept, apt, authoritative, authority, capable, cognizant, competent, efficient, expert, proficient, sufficient, useful). (various references)

Romanian

calificat (able, competent, educated, experienced, operative, skilled, trained), abil (adroit, apt, artful, artistic, artistical, astute, clean, clever, competent, crafty, cunning, deep, deft, dexterous, fit, handy, industrious, knowing, natty, ready, resourceful, sharp, shifty, skilful, skilfully, skilled, skillful, skillfully, sly, smart, subtle, swift-handed, versatile). (various references)

Russian 

квалифицированный (efficient, regular, skilled), компетентный (able, competent), ограниченный (blinkered, borne, bound, clannish, confined, cramped, finite, groovy, handicapped, hidebound, illiberal, incapacious, limitary, limited, limited to, meager, meagre, narrow, narrow gauge, narrow minded, narrow-minded, one track, parochial, restrained, restricted, scant, scanty, small minded, small-scale). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

uslovljen, ograničen (confined, constrained, contracted, finite, limited, parochial, restricted, scanty, sheepish), kvalifikovan (certificated, eligible, skilled). (various references)

Spanish

capacitado (read, trained). (various references)

Swedish

kompetent (able, accomplished, cognizant, competent). (various references)

Turkish

yetkili (authoritative, authorized, commissioned, competent, entitled to, ex cathedra, executive, powerful), yeterli (adequate, ample, competent, decent, effectual, efficacious, efficient, enough, equal, fit, satisfactory, satisfying, snug, sufficient, suited, that will do, working), vasıflı (skilled), nitelikli (eligible, sufficient), kaliteli (choice, classic, glorified, high-toned, jammy, of good quality, of high quality, pukka, wire-wove), kısıtlı (constricted, limited, narrow, penurious, restricted, scant, scanty, stinted, Strait), belgeli (certificated, documentary, documented), şartlı (conditional, conditioned, contingent, on approval, provisory). (various references)

Ukrainian

компетентний (adequate, competent, sufficient), обмежений (bat-minded, borne, confined, contracted, cramp, cramped, finite, illiberal, insular, limited, local, meager, meagre, narrow, narrow minded, one sided, one track, one-ideaed, one-liner, parochial, pinched, provincial, pure, restrained, restricted, restrictive, scant, shallow-brained, simple minded, small, small-scale, straitened, terminate), підхожий (acceptable, adapted, agreeable, apposite, appropriate, apropos, apt, befitting, canny, eligible, feasible, fit, fitting, good, likely, meet, o.k., ok, okay, okey, opportune, proper, suitable). (various references)

aptus, suffecerit, suffecit, sufficere, sufficerent, sufficeret, sufficiant, sufficiat, sufficiebant, sufficiebat, sufficiens, sufficient, sufficientes, sufficientia, sufficientiam, sufficientis, sufficiet, sufficit, sufficiunt. (various references)

Derivations

Words beginning with "qualified": qualifiedly. (additional references)

Words ending with "qualified": disqualified, overqualified, prequalified, requalified, underqualified, unqualified. (additional references)

Words containing "qualified": unqualifiedly. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Qualified" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: coalified, qualifed, qualifieds, qualifyd, Quelyia, Quilici, quilifide, qulified, uglified. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-2 letters: quailed.

-3 letters: afield, aidful, audile, failed, feudal, liquid.

-4 letters: adieu, ailed, dulia, equal, equid, fauld, felid, field, filed, fique, flied, flued, fluid, ideal, iliad, quail, quale.

-5 letters: aide, alef, alif, auld, dale, deaf, deal, defi, deil, delf, deli, dial, diel, dual, duel, fade, fail, feal, feud, fila, file, flea, fled, flue, fuel, idea, idle.

+2 letters: qualifiedly, requalified, unqualified.

+3 letters: disqualified, disqualifies, prequalified.

+4 letters: overqualified, unqualifiedly.

+5 letters: underqualified.