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overqualified

overqualified adjective: having too many qualifications to be deemed appropriate for a (usually unskilled) job.

Adjective

overqualified (comparative more overqualified, superlative most overqualified)

  1. Having too many qualifications to be deemed appropriate for a (usually unskilled) job.
    Antonyms:
    underqualified

Antonyms of overqualified

Forms of overqualified

comparativemore overqualified
superlativemost overqualified

Origin of overqualified

From over- + qualified.

Questions about overqualified

What does overqualified mean?
Overqualified means having too many qualifications to be deemed appropriate for a (usually unskilled) job.
What part of speech is overqualified?
Overqualified is an adjective.

Words near overqualified in the dictionary

  1. overpushing
  2. overput
  3. overputs
  4. overqualification
  5. overqualifications
  6. overqualified
  7. overqualifies
  8. overqualify
  9. overqualifying
  10. overquantification
  11. overquantified

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