Overqualify

verb

verb ·5 syllables ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To give excessive academic qualifications to. transitive

    "[…] remember it is better to overqualify advisers than to make assumptions about their abilities."

  2. 2
    To modify, restrict or moderate (a statement, etc.) excessively. transitive

    "I do have a tendency sometimes to overqualify what I am saying or labour the point."

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"[…] remember it is better to overqualify advisers than to make assumptions about their abilities."

Etymology

From over- + qualify.

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