All 4 Uses of
competent
in
Franny and Zooey
- There are incompetent people in all walks of life.†
Chpt 1.1
- "I don't know too much about it, but I'd lay odds a good psychoanalyst—I mean a really competent one—would probably take that statement—"†
Chpt 1.2 *
- You may have seen "inspired" productions, "competent" productions, but never anything beautiful.†
Chpt 2.1
- Scratch an incompetent schoolteacher—or, for that matter, college professor—and half the time you find a displaced first-class automobile mechanic or a goddam stonemason.†
Chpt 2.3
Definition:
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(competent) capable (able to do something in a generally satisfactory manner) -- sometimes specifically to have legal capability