Overqualification

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The quality of being overqualified. countable, uncountable

    "That’s because many employers fear that “along with overqualification comes arrogance,” he said."

Example

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"That’s because many employers fear that “along with overqualification comes arrogance,” he said."

Etymology

From over- + qualification.

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