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Antonyms for competency


Grammar : Noun
Spell : kom-pi-tuh n-see
Phonetic Transcription : ˈkɒm pɪ tən si



Definition of competency

Origin :
  • 1590s, "rivalry;" c.1600, "sufficiency to satisfy the wants of life," from Latin competentia "meeting together, agreement, symmetry," from competens, present participle of competere (see compete). Meaning "sufficiency of qualification" is recorded from 1797.
  • noun ability
Example sentences :
  • The Assistant Commissioner did not seem to refuse it a certain amount of competency.
  • Extract from : « The Secret Agent » by Joseph Conrad
  • As the exercise of his foresight will enable him to acquire a competency in that time.
  • Extract from : « The Proverbs of Scotland » by Alexander Hislop
  • She may not be satisfied with what you consider a competency.
  • Extract from : « Won from the Waves » by W.H.G. Kingston
  • I enjoy a competency—nay, much more—and yet, they talk to me of dying.
  • Extract from : « Rattlin the Reefer » by Edward Howard
  • Competency is equal to the occasion, readiness prompt for the occasion.
  • Extract from : « English Synonyms and Antonyms » by James Champlin Fernald
  • Youth will not weigh so much against you as a competency will do for you.
  • Extract from : « From Farm House to the White House » by William M. Thayer
  • No one asked for a certificate of competency other than her own word and that of her friends.
  • Extract from : « The Retrospect » by Ada Cambridge
  • The development of competency in caring occurs over a lifetime.
  • Extract from : « Nursing as Caring » by Anne Boykin
  • He had left the young surgeon a competency of two hundred a-year.
  • Extract from : « Johnny Ludlow, Second Series » by Mrs. Henry Wood
  • It is the competency of the court to which he pleads, rather than its decrees.
  • Extract from : « The Catholic World. Volume II; Numbers 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12. » by E. Rameur

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