overqualified in English
adjective
1
having qualifications that exceed the requirements of a particular job.
My friend, however, was turned down, and it was explained to him that while he was in fact highly qualified for the position, he was not quite as overqualified for it as the people who were actually chosen.
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1. They considered me overqualified!
2. I am an extremely overqualified high school chemistry teacher.
3. Think I'll turn you into an overqualified vacuum cleaner.
4. Two recent studies—one analyzing data on more than 000 Americans, the other examining 244 employees of a Turkish apparel chain—show that overqualified employees outperform their colleagues.