overeducated

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adjective

Having received too much education

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Meanings

overeducated1

adjectiveovereducated (comparative more overeducated, superlative most overeducated)

comparative more overeducated · superlative most overeducated · alternative over-educated

  1. Having received too much education

    The Bright Young People were the most glamorous, influential, self-absorbed, quasi-bohemian and overeducated creatures in existence.

    2009 January 23, Dwight Garner, “The Mahvelous and the Damned”, in New York Times

overeducated2

verb

alternative over-educated

  1. participlepastsimple past and past participle of overeducate

Origin

overeducated · adjective

From over- + educated.

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overeducated · verb

From overeducate + -ed.

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Translations

Finnish ylikoulutettu
  • ylikoulutettuhaving received too much education
Cite this entry
APA

overeducated. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overeducated

MLA

“overeducated.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overeducated. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “overeducated,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overeducated.

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