overeducated

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See also: over-educated

English[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

over- +‎ educated

Adjective[edit]

overeducated (comparative more overeducated, superlative most overeducated)

  1. Having received too much education
    • 2009 January 23, Dwight Garner, “The Mahvelous and the Damned”, in New York Times[1]:
      The Bright Young People were the most glamorous, influential, self-absorbed, quasi-bohemian and overeducated creatures in existence.
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Etymology 2[edit]

overeducate +‎ -ed

Verb[edit]

overeducated

  1. simple past and past participle of overeducate