What Is Meant by Overeducated?

: having too much academic education : more educated than is practical or useful …

Is it bad to be overeducated?

Unfortunately, due to the wage penalties of being overqualified, that one job will cost you an average of nearly 4% in lost earnings. ... That means that being overqualified is almost as bad for you as being unemployed, and being overqualified affects your earnings for far longer than unemployment does.

Is there such thing as being overeducated?

But you're not alone. You may just be “overeducated.” A new study from the Institute for Public Policy Research analyzed workers in the United Kingdom and found that 5.1 million people in the workforce were found to be overeducated, a significant bump from 3.9 million number recorded in 2006.