All 4 Uses of
competent
in
Ender's Game
- You're not only short and incompetent, you're insubordinate, too.
Chpt 8incompetent = not sufficiently capablestandard prefix: The prefix "in-" in incompetent means not and reverses the meaning of competent. This is the same pattern you see in words like invisible, incomplete, and insecure.
- He could be as lax and incompetent as Rose the Nose, if he wanted.
Chpt 10
- To make him prove, not that he was competent, but that he was far better than everyone else.
Chpt 10 *competent = sufficiently capable
- That can't go on—a competent enemy would cut up the assault force unless they have much better cover from the soldiers at a distance.
Chpt 11
Definition:
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(competent) capable (able to do something in a generally satisfactory manner) -- sometimes specifically to have legal capability