English Dictionary

overqualify

動詞

他動詞

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

日本語の意味

学歴などの資格を過剰に与える / 文や発言などを過度に修飾・限定する

The committee tends to overqualify candidates by insisting on unnecessary doctoral credentials for entry-level research positions.

委員会は入門レベルの研究職に対し、不必要な博士号などの過剰な学歴を候補者に要求する傾向がある。

意味（1）

(transitive) To give excessive academic qualifications to.

[…] remember it is better to overqualify advisers than to make assumptions about their abilities.

意味（2）

(transitive) To modify, restrict or moderate (a statement, etc.) excessively.

I do have a tendency sometimes to overqualify what I am saying or labour the point.

overqualifies （ present singular third-person ）

overqualifying （ participle present ）

overqualified （ participle past ）

overqualified （ past ）