Competent and Thorough

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Competent

Competent adjective - Having the required skills for an acceptable level of performance.
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Thorough and competent are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Thorough" instead an adjective "Competent".
Nearby Words: competence, compete, competently, competency, competing

Thorough

Thorough adjective - Having no exceptions or restrictions.
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Competent and thorough are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Competent" instead an adjective "Thorough".
Nearby Words: thoroughly, thoroughness

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  • Evil Overlord Both he and the Silver Horde are rather unhappy about this new generation of heroes and villains who make an effort to be competent and thorough at their respective alignments.
    Source: Evil Overlord
  • But they're shown to be competent and thorough whenever they're on assignment.
    Source: Lets Get Dangerous / Anime and Manga
  • Literature / Misery Police Are Useless: Subverted and zigzagged in the film: at first the sheriff Buster seems to be just a rustic old man warming a chair, but he turns out to be quite competent and thorough despite a bickering deputy who doubles as his wife.
    Source: Literature / Misery
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