transitive verb
: to provide with more education or information than is practical or useful
… it is very rational for people to stay on in education because even if you are overeducating yourself you are improving your prospects of finding work.—
Joe Humphreys
overeducation
noun
To be fair, Levison is often a lousy hire. His overeducation makes him impatient lugging other people's stuff around, even though it qualifies him for little else.
—
Jonathan Miles
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Merriam-Webster unabridged
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