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Recent Examples of overqualified
The cruise ship-set show — created by Ryan Murphy, Jon Robin Baitz and Joe Baken — stars Jackson as Max, The Odyssey’s newest and seemingly overqualified doctor who joins the ship’s two long-time, skeptical nurses on the medical team, Avery (Phillipa Soo) and Tristan (Sean Teale).
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Nicole Fell, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019
However, grads might have better luck pivoting into trade jobs and making peace with being overqualified and in debt than pining for the dream corporate job.
—Alicia Adamczyk, Fortune, 9 July 2024
There aren’t ice caves near the villages where her body was discovered, but luckily Ennis High employs the most overqualified geology teacher the public-education system could buy.
—Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 4 Feb. 2024
In fact, Fleming was worldly to a degree and, if anything, overqualified to write spy novels.
—James Parker, The Atlantic, 12 Feb. 2024
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Nicole Fell, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019
However, grads might have better luck pivoting into trade jobs and making peace with being overqualified and in debt than pining for the dream corporate job.
—Alicia Adamczyk, Fortune, 9 July 2024
There aren’t ice caves near the villages where her body was discovered, but luckily Ennis High employs the most overqualified geology teacher the public-education system could buy.
—Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 4 Feb. 2024
In fact, Fleming was worldly to a degree and, if anything, overqualified to write spy novels.
—James Parker, The Atlantic, 12 Feb. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for overqualified
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Managing Teams Through Worker Shortages The shortage of selectively skilled workers with limited experience challenges leaders to balance immediate needs with long-term growth.Expert Panel®, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
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In a world that is becoming increasingly more millennial gray and sad beige, Mejia points out how people seem to crave homes that are more individualized since there’s so much homogeneity in buildings due to labor and construction costs, and a lack of skilled craftsmen.Sandy Sanchez, Architectural Digest, 23 Dec. 2024
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Ensure the qualified individual reports to the board.Michelle Drolet, Forbes, 26 Dec. 2024
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The Newark Land Bank Housing Choice Voucher Conversion Program allows qualified recipients to use their vouchers and down payment assistance to purchase single family homes.Pat Leonard, New York Daily News, 26 Dec. 2024
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Stearns is adept at building through the margins and without Manaea, the pitching staff looked pretty marginal.Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 26 Dec. 2024
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Introverts are also adept at spotting subtle cues and managing conflicts diplomatically.Vital Laptenok, Forbes, 26 Dec. 2024
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The diffuser and flyaway tamers were both proficient in controlling strands gone awry and helped dry our hair evenly.Alyssa Brascia, People.com, 11 Dec. 2024
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Any proficient software developer or AI specialist would right away be suspicious that the simplest of entries is causing lengthy latency.Lance Eliot, Forbes, 8 Dec. 2024
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Outlook: The Gators need an experienced backup for Lagway.Edgar Thompson, Orlando Sentinel, 23 Dec. 2024
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The terrain in and near the park can be challenging in winter — serious ice climbers and winter hikers flock here for the steep cliffs and technical ascents — but plenty of local guides are ready to help less experienced adventurers.Sarah Cahalan, Travel + Leisure, 23 Dec. 2024
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Still, the state supreme court this month ruled his attorneys had failed to prove that anything has changed since the inmate was deemed competent.Dakin Andone, CNN, 17 Dec. 2024
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Acevedo’s attorney Gabrielle Sansonetti then argued strenuously that Acevedo has been diagnosed with dementia and is not competent to testify reliably.Megan Crepeau, Chicago Tribune, 17 Dec. 2024
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Subscribe to our weekly newsletter and get expert advice on topics like money, relationships, health and more.Malaka Gharib, NPR, 23 Dec. 2024
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So, from exotic bucket lists to our expert advice on how to make use of your butler, take note of our encyclopedia of cruise tips.Lewis Nunn, Forbes, 20 Dec. 2024
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Or, consider the Greenland shark–the longest living vertebrate known to science, capable of living up to 500 years.Scott Travers, Forbes, 21 Dec. 2024
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The department, however, is still setting up a lab fully capable of testing for compounds and creating enforcement mechanisms.Hunter Clauss, Los Angeles Times, 21 Dec. 2024
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“Overqualified.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overqualified. Accessed 30 Dec. 2024.
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