Meaning

2 senses

  1. (transitive)To give excessive academic qualifications to.

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

Origin

From over- + qualify.

From over- + qualify.

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Forms

overqualifies, overqualifying, overqualified, overqualified
Base formoverqualify · to overqualify
3rd person singularoverqualifies
Present participleoverqualifying
Past simpleoverqualified
Past participleoverqualified

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyoverqualify
he, she, itoverqualifies

Past simpleLesson

all personsoverqualified

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave overqualified
he, she, ithas overqualified

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill overqualify

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
overpoweroverpricedoverprotectiveoverqualifiedoverrateoverreactoverreliance
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