Definition of "overqualified" []

• Educated or skilled beyond what is necessary or desired for a particular job. (adjective)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "The job wasn't well paid but it was all I could get because, despite frequently being told I have a "very impressive" CV, I seem to be rejected for almost every job due to being "overqualified" or "too senior"."
• "He had called a handful of teams asking for a job as a low-level minor-league manager, and was told repeatedly that he was "overqualified," which Mr. Backman knew was a nice way of saying no."
• "Then those of us that have been putting out 200 applications getting rejected due to "overqualified" can humbly get back to work and save our homes."