Qualified

[qual·i·fied]

Qualified means something depends on another action occurring. If your friend receives a qualified offer on her house, that means something else has to happen like a bank approving the loan before it's sold.

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Fitted by accomplishments or endowments.

Adjective S.
legally qualified; "a competent witness"

Adjective S.
contingent on something else

Adjective S.
having elements or qualities mixed in proper or suitable proportions; especially made less severe; "justice moderated with mercy"

Adjective S.
restricted in meaning; (as e.g. `man'' in `a tall man'')

Adjective
meeting the proper standards and requirements and training for an office or position or task; "many qualified applicants for the job"

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Adjective
limited or restricted; not absolute; "gave only qualified approval"

Adjective S.
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"


a.
Fitted by accomplishments or endowments.

a.
Modified; limited; as, a qualified statement.

imp. & p. p.
of Qualify


Qualified

Qual"i*fied , a. 1. Fitted by accomplishments or endowments. 2. Modified; limited; as, a qualified statement. Qualified fee (Law), a base fee, or an estate which has a qualification annexed to it, the fee ceasing with the qualification, as a grant to A and his heirs, tenants of the manor of Dale. -- Qualified indorsement (Law), an indorsement which modifies the liability of the indorser that would result from the general principles of law, but does not affect the negotiability of the instrument. Story. -- Qualified negative (Legislation), a limited veto power, by which the chief executive in a constitutional government may refuse assent to bills passed by the legislative body, which bills therefore fail to become laws unless upon a reconsideration the legislature again passes them by a certain majority specified in the constitution, when they become laws without the approval of the executive. Qualified property (Law), that which depends on temporary possession, as that in wild animals reclaimed, or as in the case of a bailment. Syn. -- Competent; fit; adapted. -- Qualified, Competent. Competent is most commonly used with respect to native endowments and general ability suited to the performance of a task or duty; qualified with respect to specific acquirements and training.

Fitted by accomplishments or endowments.

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Usage Examples

A person however learned and qualified in his life's work in whom gratitude is absent, is devoid of that beauty of character which makes personality fragrant.

But if nothing but soul, or in soul mind, is qualified to count, it is impossible for there to be time unless there is soul, but only that of which time is an attribute, i.e. if change can exist without soul.

When I look at President Obama, I see a leader with a cool head, a caring heart and an open mind, a president who has demonstrated through his demeanor and through his deeds that he is uniquely qualified to heal our divisions, rebuild our nation and lead us to a brighter future together.

I am not qualified to talk about the diet. Simply because I am not a dietician.

Though we may have desires or bold goals, for whatever reason, most of us don't think we can achieve something beyond what we're qualified to achieve. Why, I ask, do we let reality interfere with our dreams?

I don't feel I'm qualified to be a coach outside the high school level. I think I would need to do more education to really be a good coach.

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Other Usage Examples

This administration in Washington that's in power now clearly believes that government is not only the answer to every need, but it's the most qualified to make the most central decisions for every American in every area.

My main objective is to prepare candidates for professional baseball however, the majority of our graduates will go home as much better qualified amateurs.

Friends have suggested that I am the least qualified person to talk about happiness, because I am often down, and sometimes profoundly depressed. But I think that's where my qualification comes from. Because to know happiness, it helps to know unhappiness.

In order to cultivate a set of leaders with legitimacy in the eyes of the citizenry, it is necessary that the path to leadership be visibly open to talented and qualified individuals of every race and ethnicity.

The people who run a university are far more qualified and intelligent in handling people than someone who inherited his money and used it to buy a pro team.

Organic buildings are the strength and lightness of the spiders' spinning, buildings qualified by light, bred by native character to environment, married to the ground.

If God had sufficient wisdom and power to construct such a beautiful world as this, then we must admit that his wisdom and power are immeasurably greater than that of man, and hence he is qualified to reign as king.

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