Sentence examples for competent not from inspiring English sources
The Nets are competent, not dominant.
"It needs to be done in a way that is competent not only educationally but also financially from an efficiency standpoint," he said.
On the contrary, time and again they are startlingly competent: not just great secretaries and brilliant cooks, but also good drivers and accurate shots.
"Miss implies to me that I am not competent, not confident, not fully capable of doing my own thing," she said.
Convent culture presented the especially competent not only with constant exposure to some of the best religious literature and music, but also with challenges that encouraged their imagination and inventiveness: positions such as prioress, sub-prioress, bursar, novice mistress, and choir mistress.
The show seems to take place in a kind of parallel universe, one where Americans and Europeans are never seen, and where the Afghans are as confident as they are competent — not to mention stunningly computer literate in a country that has yet to get hard-wired onto the Internet.
Desserts were competent but not surprising.
They are seen as competent but not nice.
Pier Giorgio Morandi led a competent but not scintillating account of the score.
Service is on the level of a family restaurant, competent but not doting.
