Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Having the necessary skills, knowledge, or experience for a particular role or task: Describes a person who has met the required standards, often through training, education, or certification.
   • Limited, modified, or conditional: Describes an agreement, approval, or statement that is not absolute or complete, but has reservations or restrictions.
   • Officially recognized or certified: Describes a person or entity that holds the proper documentation or is on an official record as being competent in a specific field.

Examples of Usage

• Adjective:
  • She is a highly qualified engineer with years of experience.
  • The committee gave only qualified support to the proposal, citing several concerns.
  • Only qualified electricians should attempt to repair the wiring.

Advanced Usage

• "to be qualified for": to have the right qualities or credentials for something.
  • He is qualified for the managerial position due to his leadership skills.
• "qualified approval/success": approval or success that is not wholehearted or complete.
  • The new policy met with qualified approval from the board.

Variants and Related Words

• Qualify (verb): To become eligible or competent for a role, or to modify a statement.
  • She worked hard to qualify for the finals.
• Qualification (noun): A skill, achievement, or quality that makes someone suitable, or a condition that modifies something.
  • His degree is his main qualification for the job.
• Unqualified (adjective): Lacking the necessary qualifications; or total and without restriction.
  • He gave his unqualified support to the project.

Synonyms

• Certified: Officially recognized as possessing certain qualifications.
• Competent: Having the necessary ability or knowledge.
• Conditional: Subject to one or more conditions or requirements.
• Limited: Restricted in scope, extent, or amount.

Related Phrases

• Well-qualified: Having excellent or more than adequate qualifications.
  • The company is seeking a well-qualified candidate.
• Fully qualified: Having all the necessary qualifications without any deficiencies.
  • She is now a fully qualified pilot.

Adjective

1. contingent on something else
2. restricted in meaning; (as e.g. `man' in `a tall man')
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. limited or restricted; not absolute
   • gave only qualified approval
5. meeting the proper standards and requirements and training for an office or position or task
   • many qualified applicants for the job