competent
Definition: (adjective) having the skill and knowledge needed for a particular task; capable
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obscure
adjective
- Deficient in brightness: caliginous, dark, dim, dusky, murky. See
light
- Not clearly perceived or perceptible: blear, bleary, cloudy, dim, faint, foggy, fuzzy, hazy, indefinite, indistinct, misty, shadowy, unclear, undistinct, vague. See
clear
- Far from centers of human population: back, insular, isolated, lonely, lonesome, outlying, out-of-the-way, remote, removed, secluded, solitary.
Idiom:
off the beaten path (or track). See
near
- Not readily noticed or seen: inconspicuous, unconspicuous, unnoticeable, unobtrusive.
Idiom:
having (or keeping) a low profile. See
see
- Not known or not widely known by name: nameless, unheard-of, unknown. See
knowledge
- Liable to more than one interpretation: ambiguous, cloudy, equivocal, inexplicit, nebulous, uncertain, unclear, vague. See
certain, clear
verb
- To make dim or indistinct: becloud, bedim, befog, blear, blur, cloud, dim, dull, eclipse, fog, gloom, mist, obfuscate, overcast, overshadow, shadow. See
clear
- To conceal in obscurity: hide
1, submerge. See
show
- To cut off from sight: block (out), conceal, hide
1, obstruct, screen, shroud, shut off or
out
. See
show
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