overeducated
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5.1
- adjective
- /ˌoʊvərˈɛdʒʊkeɪtɪd/
:
sobrecualificado
- He's gotten painted with brushes of an elitist, overeducated guy, but this is, you know, a lower-middle-class dude, single mother.
Examples
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We are now possibly the most overeducated young women in the country.
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I am amused at the concept that one can be 'overeducated.'
Blog text (6) -
Don't you know by now that North America has a surplus of overeducated, undercredentialed white boys?
Blog text (32) -
Prominent targets worth reviewing include staffs that are overqualified, overeducated, and overspecialized, a substantial part of whose work is routine.
Academic text (1996) -
Many young professionals feel overeducated for the positions they hold.
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The company hired him despite his overeducated background, thinking he could handle the complex tasks.
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She often felt out of place, being the most overeducated member of her local community group.
Synonyms
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3.9
Someone who has more skills, education, or experience than a job needs
Antonyms
How Educated
Surface Forms
Morphology
overeducated = overeducate (transparent) = over + educate + ed
The adjective is a regular participial/adjectival form of the verb 'overeducate' (over- + educate), so the meaning is directly inferable from 'over' + 'educate' + '-ed'.
Etymology
Overeducated comes from the parts over- and educate. The over- part means 'too much' and educate means 'to teach', as in overcook or overtired, so overeducated describes having 'too much' schooling for a job.