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
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