"overqualified" meaning in English

See overqualified in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Forms: more overqualified [comparative], most overqualified [superlative]
Etymology: over- + qualified Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|over|qualified}} over- + qualified Head templates: {{en-adj}} overqualified (comparative more overqualified, superlative most overqualified)
  1. Having too many qualifications to be deemed appropriate for a (usually unskilled) job. Translations (Translations): liian pätevä (Finnish), ylipätevä (Finnish), surqualifié (French), za wykwalifikowany (Polish), överkvalificerad (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-overqualified-en-adj-RK18y407 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with over-

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