say it: KWAH-luh-fahyd
qualified is an adjective meaning "meeting the proper standards and requirements and training for an office or position or task". It carries 5 recorded senses.
meeting the proper standards and requirements and training for an office or position or task
“many qualified applicants for the job”
limited or restricted; not absolute
“gave only qualified approval”
holding appropriate documentation and officially on record as qualified to perform a specified function or practice a specified skill
“a registered pharmacist”
“a registered hospital”
contingent on something else
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for qualified come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.