0 having more knowledge, skill, and/or experience than is needed (for a particular job):
I suggest to my noble friend that prison officers are overqualified merely to sit beside the accused in the dock for eight hours a day.
We must ensure that speech therapists are adequately qualified but not overqualified.
In such a situation, an individual may be overqualified.
Being overqualified also often means that a person was asking for too high a salary.
These women came with credentials from well-known colleges and universities and many were overqualified for their positions, but later were promoted to more prestigious positions.
Luthor dryly states that he is overqualified then leaps into the wall.
Overqualified candidates may be seen as taking the position temporarily in order to obtain work experience for another position or taking the position temporarily until better employment can be found.
But he is unavailable, fictional, and overqualified.
