qualified — English Dictionary

Adjective

1. Meeting the standards, requirements, and training for a position.

   Antonyms

   unfit

   Examples

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   The classification is for graduates of a class A teleman school with no significant experience and for other personnel who are not qualified for a specialized classification.

2. Restricted or limited by conditions.

   Examples

   Assuming that I have all the information, my qualified opinion is that your plan will work.

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   Gatwick has been given a qualified green light to operate a second runway after the government “set out a path to expansion” for London’s second biggest airport.

Adjective

1. meeting the proper standards and requirements and training for an office or position or task

   Antonyms

   unqualified

   Examples

   many qualified applicants for the job

2. limited or restricted; not absolute

   Antonyms

   unqualified

   Examples

   gave only qualified approval

3. holding appropriate documentation and officially on record as qualified to perform a specified function or practice a specified skill

   Synonyms

   certified

   Examples

   a registered pharmacist

   a registered hospital

4. restricted in meaning; (as e.g. ‘man’ in ‘a tall man’)

   Synonyms

   restricted

5. contingent on something else

   Synonyms

   dependentdependant