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overeducated en · ADJ · etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

From over- + educated.

Meanings

  1. Having received too much education
    • The Bright Young People were the most glamorous, influential, self-absorbed, quasi-bohemian and overeducated creatures in existence. 2009 January 23, Dwight Garner, “The Mahvelous and the Damned”, in New York Times:

Forms

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over-educated alternative lexicographic
most overeducated Degree=Sup lexicographic
more overeducated Degree=Cmp lexicographic

Translations (1)

fi ylikoulutettu (having received too much education)

overeducated en · VERB · etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

From overeducate + -ed.

Meanings

  1. (form-of, participle, past) simple past and past participle of overeducate
    form of overeducate

Forms

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over-educated alternative lexicographic