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Recent Examples of overqualified
Most graduates feel confident their skills match those required for entry-level roles, and 20% reported feeling overqualified for an entry-level position.
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Rachel Barber, USA Today, 22 Apr. 2025
The majority feel optimistic about landing a job after graduation, but a surprising number feel overqualified for the jobs being offered.
—Dr. Diane Hamilton, Forbes.com, 22 Apr. 2025
Defense has at least been a constant under Franklin, and while recent DC Manny Diaz is now the head coach at Duke, ex-Indiana head coach Tom Allen is an overqualified replacement.
—Stewart Mandel, The Athletic, 24 Apr. 2024
Editor’s picks What uniformly overqualified performers British TV director James Hawes has assembled around his fidgety lead.
—A.a. Dowd, Rolling Stone, 11 Apr. 2025
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Rachel Barber, USA Today, 22 Apr. 2025
The majority feel optimistic about landing a job after graduation, but a surprising number feel overqualified for the jobs being offered.
—Dr. Diane Hamilton, Forbes.com, 22 Apr. 2025
Defense has at least been a constant under Franklin, and while recent DC Manny Diaz is now the head coach at Duke, ex-Indiana head coach Tom Allen is an overqualified replacement.
—Stewart Mandel, The Athletic, 24 Apr. 2024
Editor’s picks What uniformly overqualified performers British TV director James Hawes has assembled around his fidgety lead.
—A.a. Dowd, Rolling Stone, 11 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for overqualified
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State government has made the education and training of skilled aerospace workers an important priority.—
Yogi Tharanibalan,
Hartford Courant,
3 June 2025
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The hope, Morrison said, was to encourage employers to bring in skilled workers via the permanent residency pathway, on the theory that immigrants with green cards would, by being on stronger footing, be less likely to undercut wages for Americans than guest workers did.—
Alec MacGillis,
ProPublica,
3 June 2025
Adjective
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The last time Norway qualified for the World Cup was back in 1998, but the team also has rarely had a player like Erling Haaland, who is the all-time leading goal scorer for the team despite only beginning his national team career in 2019.—
Ben Verbrugge,
MSNBC Newsweek,
6 June 2025
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The team – currently ranked 57th in the world – also qualified for the Olympic Games for the first time in 2024, claiming one of Asia’s three berths.—
Hassan Tayir,
CNN Money,
6 June 2025
Adjective
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Humanoid robots are physically fluently adept before AGI is attained.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
6 June 2025
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His script may go over the top, and a generally adept cast (which also includes prominent parts for Sinbad, Rockmond Dunbar, Shalet Monique and others) copes variably with its excesses.—
Dennis Harvey,
Variety,
6 June 2025
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By lowering expectations on state assessments, the number of students listed as below, at or above proficient could look wildly different than the scores reported by National Assessment of Educational Progress.—
Bruce Rauner,
Chicago Tribune,
8 June 2025
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What once required a team of VFX artists or at least someone proficient in After Effects can now be done by anyone with a credit card and an Internet connection.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
29 May 2025
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Its ambitious and abstract first act is the section best left experienced without fully revealing what’s happening.—
Mike Ryan,
IndieWire,
4 June 2025
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Acknowledging the importance of having an experienced caddie in situations like this and having recently lost his own, Homa reached out to one of the best available options.—
Julio Cesar Valdera Morales,
MSNBC Newsweek,
4 June 2025
Adjective
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Whether the indictment is solid or not, Abrego García will now have competent legal defense and will be before independent judges.—
New York Daily News Editorial Board,
New York Daily News,
8 June 2025
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That frees up the DH spot for Jorge Soler, who has done a competent job in right but is best suited to have limited exposure in the outfield.—
Jeff Fletcher,
Oc Register,
6 June 2025
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Consult a tax attorney or expert financial advisor for more information and tailored advice.—
True Tamplin,
Forbes.com,
4 June 2025
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Melanie also consulted Kristie Rhodes, manager of woven product development at Cotton Incorporated, for expert insight.—
Melanie Fincher,
Southern Living,
29 May 2025
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But women are often the smartest, most capable protagonists in a Hitchcock film.—
Neal Justin,
Boston Herald,
13 June 2025
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According to the researchers, the gel itself is capable of detecting signals through 860,000 individual pathways embedded within the material.—
Mack DeGeurin,
Popular Science,
12 June 2025
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“Overqualified.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overqualified. Accessed 17 Jun. 2025.
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