英和和英

語源

over- +‎ qualify

動詞

overqualify (三人称単数 現在形 overqualifies, 現在分詞 overqualifying, 過去形および過去分詞形 overqualified)

1. (transitive) To give excessive academic qualifications to.
   • 2001, Charles A. Jaffe, The Right Way to Hire Financial Help (second edition, page 270)

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

2. (transitive) To modify, restrict or moderate (a statement, etc.) excessively.
   • 2003, Linda Papadopoulos, ‎Malcolm Cross, ‎Robert Bor, Reporting in Counselling and Psychotherapy (page 59)

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