• adjective:   meeting the proper standards and requirements and training for an office or position or task

  Example: "Many qualified applicants for the job"

• adjective:   limited or restricted; not absolute

  Example: "Gave only qualified approval"

• adjective:   legally qualified
• adjective:   having elements or qualities mixed in proper or suitable proportions; especially made less severe
• adjective:   restricted in meaning; (as e.g. `man' in `a tall man')
• adjective:   holding appropriate documentation and officially on record as qualified to perform a specified function or practice a specified skill
• adjective:   contingent on something else

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