well-qualified
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3.5
- adjective
- /ˈwɛl ˈkwɒlɪfaɪd/
- Robert is well qualified to help us with the project due to his extensive experience.
- well-qualified teachers
- well-qualified applicants
- well-qualified candidate
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- And then where it falls apart is where the last guy, Marcus Aurelius, looks around and says, who's the best qualified guy to succeed me?
- Instead, they would prefer to discriminate against well qualified Asian non legacies who got in because of merit rather than and legacy admissions.
Examples
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Benita Ferrero-Waldner, as a European Commissioner, appears to be well qualified in this respect.
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The assessor was not involved in the study but was experienced and well qualified in the use of the tests.
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Robert is well qualified to help us.
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I believe there is no one better qualified than I am to do the job.
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There is nothing illegal about offering someone who is well qualified a position in the administration.
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An additional important strength of this study is that the participants were well qualified by their experience for the task.
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Regardless of your qualifications, state that you are very well qualified for the position.
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Many retired people had careers that make them well qualified to administer a school volunteer program.
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With a dissertation and years of research in Indian literature, I am well qualified to teach the "non-Western" courses.
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Dodge, a veteran campaigner and an expert planner, was well qualified to lead the expedition.
Academic text (1998)
Synonyms
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3.0
Having the skills and experience needed for a job
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3.9
Able to be chosen or get something because you meet the rules
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3.2
Very skilled in all parts of a job or art
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3.7
A person or animal who knows the skills to do a job well
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3.5
A person who has skills and training to get and keep a regular job
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6.1
Having official papers that show you are allowed to do a job or enter a place
Likely to be chosen for a job because of skills
A person who is very skilled at an activity like music or sport
Antonyms
How Qualified
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Well-qualified combines well (meaning 'in a good way') and qualified, which comes from an old idea of having the right 'quality' or 'fit', just like the word quality. So, well-qualified describes someone who has the right skills and is a good 'fit' for the job.