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Meaning of overqualify | Babel Free

Verb CEFR C1

Definitions

  1. To give excessive academic qualifications to.
    transitive
  2. To modify, restrict or moderate (a statement, etc.) excessively.
    transitive

Examples

“[…] remember it is better to overqualify advisers than to make assumptions about their abilities.”
“I do have a tendency sometimes to overqualify what I am saying or labour the point.”

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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See also

overqualifying overquantified overquantifies overquantify overquantifying overquell

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