Competent and Timid

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Competent adjective - Having the required skills for an acceptable level of performance.

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Timid and competent are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Timid" instead an adjective "Competent".

Timid adjective - Easily frightened.

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Competent and timid are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Competent" instead an adjective "Timid".

Nearby Words: timidity, timorous, timidly

And Yoshitsune goes from a timid, ineffectual Woobie to a competent resistance leader, though he's still plagued with self-doubt and his major character development is learning his own worth.

Source: Future Badass
Temporary Substitute: One episode towards the end of the fifth season had Jerry Van Dyke filling in for Barney at the insistence of Aunt Bee, yet the timid and neurotic temporary deputy made Barney look competent.

Source: Series / The Andy Griffith Show
Gwen first wears a lot of orange (a timid neutral, she stops wearing it after To Be Lawful or Good moments), brown (Closer to Earth, fitting for the competent junior blacksmith's fighting suit), yellow (maybe Kid-Appeal Character, as she's the Adorkable Badass Normal).

Source: Good Colors, Evil Colors

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