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overqualify

verb

Etymology

From over- + qualify.

  1. borrowed from qualifier
  2. prefixed as overqualify — “over + qualify”

Definitions

  1. To give excessive academic qualifications to.

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

  2. 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.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA