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Recent Examples of overeducated
These weren't movements of the dispossessed, but of the downwardly mobile—overeducated and politically alienated.
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Jesus Mesa,
MSNBC Newsweek,
9 June 2025
There’s plenty such wordplay in The Safe House, to the point that the movie can seem like a caricature of overeducated, perpetually growling Parisians shouting for social change, but too self-centered and comfortable in their bourgeois lifestyles to do anything drastic about it.
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Jordan Mintzer,
The Hollywood Reporter,
21 Feb. 2025
The worlds of crypto and the New York Times rarely intersect, but this week Crypto Twitter snapped to attention in response to the Gray Lady’s weekly Ethicist column, which is sort of a Dear Abby for the liberal, overeducated set.
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Jeff John Roberts,
Fortune Crypto,
7 Apr. 2023
At work, Hank deals with the typical absurdities of an English department populated with overeducated, underachieving whiners.
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Bill Goodykoontz,
The Arizona Republic,
11 Mar. 2023
Milwaukee’s overeducated hipster baristas and blue-collar commercial electricians have in common?
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Luther Ray Abel,
National Review,
26 Aug. 2021
Hardly anyone knows how to even find her on a map aside from her two closest friends: Eileen, an overeducated and underpaid magazine editor, and Simon, an earnestly handsome political activist five years older than them both.
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Leah Greenblatt,
EW.com,
23 Aug. 2021
Progressivism, meanwhile, is increasingly obsessed with identity politics and the bugbears of its overeducated elite.
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Oren Cass,
Foreign Affairs,
12 Feb. 2021
Jesus Mesa,
MSNBC Newsweek,
9 June 2025
There’s plenty such wordplay in The Safe House, to the point that the movie can seem like a caricature of overeducated, perpetually growling Parisians shouting for social change, but too self-centered and comfortable in their bourgeois lifestyles to do anything drastic about it.
—
Jordan Mintzer,
The Hollywood Reporter,
21 Feb. 2025
The worlds of crypto and the New York Times rarely intersect, but this week Crypto Twitter snapped to attention in response to the Gray Lady’s weekly Ethicist column, which is sort of a Dear Abby for the liberal, overeducated set.
—
Jeff John Roberts,
Fortune Crypto,
7 Apr. 2023
At work, Hank deals with the typical absurdities of an English department populated with overeducated, underachieving whiners.
—
Bill Goodykoontz,
The Arizona Republic,
11 Mar. 2023
Milwaukee’s overeducated hipster baristas and blue-collar commercial electricians have in common?
—
Luther Ray Abel,
National Review,
26 Aug. 2021
Hardly anyone knows how to even find her on a map aside from her two closest friends: Eileen, an overeducated and underpaid magazine editor, and Simon, an earnestly handsome political activist five years older than them both.
—
Leah Greenblatt,
EW.com,
23 Aug. 2021
Progressivism, meanwhile, is increasingly obsessed with identity politics and the bugbears of its overeducated elite.
—
Oren Cass,
Foreign Affairs,
12 Feb. 2021
Recent Examples of Synonyms for overeducated
Adjective
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Anti-Semitism has reappeared, in varying forms, in almost every diasporic society where Jews have flourished over the past two millennia, including societies that once seemed secure, enlightened, and permanent.
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Ménochet is a scary wonder as Marc, a great bear of a man who is chillingly adept at hiding his rage and possessiveness under the guise of a gentle, enlightened ascetic.
Adjective
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Olise had a right-footer from the top of the box in the opening 10 minutes that required a skilled save from goalkeeper Egil Selvik.
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Dashboards can help surface anomalies, a concentration ratio above target or a revenue trend breaking from projection, but a skilled investor still has to ask whether that pattern signals product-market fit or vulnerability.
Adjective
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Her account there is excessive and loose, a counterweight to her essays and memoirs, which can seem opaque and professorial.
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Masud Husain is a professor of neurology and cognitive neuroscience at the University of Oxford and a professorial fellow at New College, Oxford.
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“Overeducated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overeducated. Accessed 1 Jul. 2026.
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