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overeducated

overeducated adjective: having received too much education. Also the simple past and past participle of overeducate.

Adjective

overeducated (comparative more overeducated, superlative most overeducated)

  1. Having received too much education
    • The Bright Young People were the most glamorous, influential, self-absorbed, quasi-bohemian and overeducated creatures in existence.2009 January 23, Dwight Garner, “The Mahvelous and the Damned”, in New York Times

Also used as

overeducated is also the simple past and past participle of overeducate.

Forms of overeducated

comparativemore overeducated
superlativemost overeducated
alternative formover-educated

Origin of overeducated

From over- + educated.

From overeducate + -ed.

Questions about overeducated

What does overeducated mean?
Overeducated means having received too much education.
What part of speech is overeducated?
Overeducated is an adjective.

Words near overeducated in the dictionary

  1. overedit
  2. overedited
  3. overediting
  4. overedits
  5. overeducate
  6. overeducated
  7. overeducates
  8. overeducating
  9. overeducation
  10. overeffusive
  11. overeffusively

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