overqualified
adjective
over·qual·i·fied
ˌō-vər-ˈkwä-lə-ˌfīd 
: having more education, training, or experience than a job calls for
Examples of overqualified in a Sentence
They didn't hire her because she was overqualified for the job.
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There's apprehension about potential scenarios where the overqualified candidate could disrupt team dynamics, challenge existing processes or ultimately seek to advance beyond their current role.
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Jack Kelly, Forbes, 20 Nov. 2024
However, grads might have better luck pivoting into trade jobs and making peace with being overqualified and in debt than pining for the dream corporate job.
—Orianna Rosa Royle, Fortune, 9 July 2025
Also more staff who are way overqualified to have these jobs.
—Whitney Friedlander, Vulture, 27 June 2025
That’s left a glut of overqualified workers competing for jobs that otherwise might have gone to recent graduates.
—Ben Kesslen, Quartz, 8 June 2025
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Jack Kelly, Forbes, 20 Nov. 2024
However, grads might have better luck pivoting into trade jobs and making peace with being overqualified and in debt than pining for the dream corporate job.
—Orianna Rosa Royle, Fortune, 9 July 2025
Also more staff who are way overqualified to have these jobs.
—Whitney Friedlander, Vulture, 27 June 2025
That’s left a glut of overqualified workers competing for jobs that otherwise might have gone to recent graduates.
—Ben Kesslen, Quartz, 8 June 2025
See All Example Sentences for overqualified
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“Overqualified.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/overqualified. Accessed 24 Aug. 2025.
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