Overeducate
verb
verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Verb
- 1 To educate too much.
"You cannot overeducate the man you place in charge of a steam engine on board of a ship, and on whose judgment and skill a thousand valuable lives, to say nothing of property, may depend."
Example
More examples"You cannot overeducate the man you place in charge of a steam engine on board of a ship, and on whose judgment and skill a thousand valuable lives, to say nothing of property, may depend."
Etymology
From over- + educate.
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