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overqualifies

overqualifies is the third-person singular simple present indicative of overqualify.

Meaning of overqualify

Verb

overqualify (third-person singular simple present overqualifies, present participle overqualifying, simple past and past participle overqualified)

  1. (transitive) To give excessive academic qualifications to.
    • […] remember it is better to overqualify advisers than to make assumptions about their abilities.2001, Charles A. Jaffe, The Right Way to Hire Financial Help, 2nd edition, page 270
  2. (transitive) To modify, restrict or moderate (a statement, etc.) excessively.
    • I do have a tendency sometimes to overqualify what I am saying or labour the point.2003, Linda Papadopoulos, Malcolm Cross, Robert Bor, Reporting in Counselling and Psychotherapy, page 59

Questions about overqualifies

What is overqualifies the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Overqualifies is the third-person singular simple present indicative of overqualify.

Words near overqualifies in the dictionary

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