Having too many qualifications to be deemed appropriate for a (usually unskilled) job.
overqualify
overqualify
verb
(transitive) To give excessive academic qualifications to.
(transitive) To modify, restrict or moderate (a statement, etc.) excessively.
overqualifying
overqualifying
verb
present participle of overqualify
oversqueamishly
preacquisitively
quacksalver
quacksalver
noun
(archaic) One falsely claiming to possess medical or other skills, especially one who dispenses potions, ointments, etc., supposedly having curative powers; a quack.
quacksalvers
quacksalvers
noun
plural of quacksalver
quadrivalence
quadrivalence
noun
The condition of being quadrivalent.
quadrivalency
quadrivalency
noun
Synonym of quadrivalence
quadrivalent
quadrivalent
adj
(chemistry) Having a valence of four
(graph theory) Said of a graph: that all of its vertices have degree four.
(of a vaccine) Protecting against four different (usually flu) viruses.
noun
(genetics) Any quadrivalent chromosome
quadrivalently
quadrivalently
adv
In a quadrivalent manner.
quadrivalve
quadrivalve
adj
(botany) dehiscent into four similar parts; four-valved
noun
(architecture) A door, shutter, etc. with four folds.
quadrivalvular
quadrivalvular
adj
Having or pertaining to four valves.
quadrivial
quadrivial
adj
Having four ways meeting in a point.
noun
Any of the four "liberal arts" making up the quadrivium.
quadrivoltine
quadrivoltine
adj
Having four broods or litters in one year.
quaquaversal
quaquaversal
adj
(astronomy) Dipping towards a center in all directions.
Going off in all directions from the center.
quaquaversally
quaquaversally
adv
In a quaquaversal way.
quarryville
quaveringly
quaveringly
adv
In a quavering manner; tremulously.
quinquenerval
quinquevalvular
quinquevalvular
adj
Alternative form of quinquevalve
quinqueverbal
quinqueverbial
quiverleaf
quiverleaf
noun
quaking aspen
superequivalent
supraquantivalence
supraquantivalent
ventriloqual
ventriloqual
adj
Relating to ventriloquism.
ventriloqually
ventriloquial
ventriloquial
adj
Of bird vocalisations, sounding as though emanating from a location other than where the vocalising bird is.
Of or relating to ventriloquy.
Spoken to oneself.
ventriloquially
ventriloquially
adv
By means of ventriloquism.
violaquercitrin
violaquercitrin
noun
(chemistry) A yellow crystalline glucoside obtained from the pansy (Viola tricolor) and decomposable into glucose and quercitrin.