Adjective
1. meeting the proper standards and requirements and training for an office or position or task;
"many qualified applicants for the job"2. limited or restricted; not absolute;
"gave only qualified approval"3. holding appropriate documentation and officially on record as qualified to perform a specified function or practice a specified skill;
"a registered pharmacist""a registered hospital"4. restricted in meaning; (as e.g. `man' in `a tall man')
5. having elements or qualities mixed in proper or suitable proportions; especially made less severe;
"justice moderated with mercy"6. contingent on something else
7. legally qualified;
"a competent witness"