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Definition
capable (able to do something in a generally satisfactory manner) — sometimes specifically to have legal capability
- With so much at stake, was he afraid of failure, of being just one more incompetent nihilist?p. 343.9
- He was admired for this, however: it showed he was good at his trade, and the children would be in competent hands.p. 118.6
There are no more uses of "competent" in Oryx and Crake.
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