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Recent Examples of overeducated
There’s plenty such wordplay in The Safe House, to the point that the movie can seem like a caricature of overeducated, perpetually growling Parisians shouting for social change, but too self-centered and comfortable in their bourgeois lifestyles to do anything drastic about it.
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Jordan Mintzer, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 Feb. 2025
There’s plenty such wordplay in The Safe House, to the point that the movie can seem like a caricature of overeducated, perpetually growling Parisians shouting for social change, but too self-centered and comfortable in their bourgeois lifestyles to do anything drastic about it.
—Jordan Mintzer, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 Feb. 2025
Progressivism, meanwhile, is increasingly obsessed with identity politics and the bugbears of its overeducated elite.
—Oren Cass, Foreign Affairs, 12 Feb. 2021
The worlds of crypto and the New York Times rarely intersect, but this week Crypto Twitter snapped to attention in response to the Gray Lady’s weekly Ethicist column, which is sort of a Dear Abby for the liberal, overeducated set.
—Jeff John Roberts, Fortune Crypto, 7 Apr. 2023
At work, Hank deals with the typical absurdities of an English department populated with overeducated, underachieving whiners.
—Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 11 Mar. 2023
Milwaukee’s overeducated hipster baristas and blue-collar commercial electricians have in common?
—Luther Ray Abel, National Review, 26 Aug. 2021
Hardly anyone knows how to even find her on a map aside from her two closest friends: Eileen, an overeducated and underpaid magazine editor, and Simon, an earnestly handsome political activist five years older than them both.
—Leah Greenblatt, EW.com, 23 Aug. 2021
Jordan Mintzer, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 Feb. 2025
There’s plenty such wordplay in The Safe House, to the point that the movie can seem like a caricature of overeducated, perpetually growling Parisians shouting for social change, but too self-centered and comfortable in their bourgeois lifestyles to do anything drastic about it.
—Jordan Mintzer, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 Feb. 2025
Progressivism, meanwhile, is increasingly obsessed with identity politics and the bugbears of its overeducated elite.
—Oren Cass, Foreign Affairs, 12 Feb. 2021
The worlds of crypto and the New York Times rarely intersect, but this week Crypto Twitter snapped to attention in response to the Gray Lady’s weekly Ethicist column, which is sort of a Dear Abby for the liberal, overeducated set.
—Jeff John Roberts, Fortune Crypto, 7 Apr. 2023
At work, Hank deals with the typical absurdities of an English department populated with overeducated, underachieving whiners.
—Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 11 Mar. 2023
Milwaukee’s overeducated hipster baristas and blue-collar commercial electricians have in common?
—Luther Ray Abel, National Review, 26 Aug. 2021
Hardly anyone knows how to even find her on a map aside from her two closest friends: Eileen, an overeducated and underpaid magazine editor, and Simon, an earnestly handsome political activist five years older than them both.
—Leah Greenblatt, EW.com, 23 Aug. 2021
Recent Examples of Synonyms for overeducated
Adjective
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But Val is an enlightened practitioner of Eastern spirituality who used to be in shipping in Vladivostok.—
Amanda Whiting,
Vulture,
2 Mar. 2025
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Even Lochlan and Piper, who think of themselves as more enlightened than their loutish brother and materialistic parents, have a lot of Victoria in them.—
Noel Murray,
New York Times,
24 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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Wiggins, a skilled scorer, doesn’t fit what the Heat ideally needs: someone who can finish at the basket, draw fouls, get Miami into offense and take over games late.—
Barry Jackson,
Miami Herald,
14 Apr. 2025
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On Via Montenapoleone, the store’s façade features arched windows crafted by skilled Murano glassmaker Venini.—
Luisa Zargani,
Footwear News,
14 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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His conversational style in interviews is pensive and soft-spoken, almost professorial, which hooked up to the note of insistence just underneath the angel-cake vocal beauty.—
Owen Gleiberman,
Variety,
14 Mar. 2025
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After leaving her professorial position, Darcy started sharing free, educational content on OnlyFans and YouTube.—
Zoey Lyttle,
People.com,
13 Mar. 2025
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“Overeducated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overeducated. Accessed 23 Apr. 2025.
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