overqualified
資格過剰
解説 Definition
職務や職位に対して、より高い学位や資格を持っている状態。能力のある人が不相応に低い仕事に就いている。
Overqualified means having more skills, education, or experience than a job requires. It is most often used in hiring and career discussions, and it can suggest that the person may not stay in the job long.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
まず qualified を「必要な資格・能力がある」と押さえると覚えやすいです。そこに over-「過剰に、度を超えて」が付いて、overqualified は「その仕事には資格や能力がありすぎる」。就職文脈でよく出て、be overqualified for the job の形が定番です。単なる褒め言葉の highly qualified とは違い、「能力は高いが、その職には不釣り合い」という含みがある点をセットで覚えると定着します。
Start from qualified, meaning having the right skills or background. Add over-, and the idea becomes too qualified for this particular job. Remember the common pattern "overqualified for the job," which often sounds less like praise and more like mismatch.
例文
He felt overqualified for the entry-level position.
彼はその初級職に対して資格が高すぎると感じた。
Many overqualified graduates struggled to find work in their field.
資格が高すぎる多くの卒業生は自分の分野で仕事を見つけるのに苦労した。
The company hired an overqualified candidate at a lower salary.
その会社はより高い資格を持つ候補者をより低い給与で雇いました。
overqualified の類義語・関連語
overqualified の語源・成り立ち Etymology
overqualified は over-「過度に」+ qualified で、語幹はラテン語 qualis「どんな性質の」に由来します。qualify は「必要な資質を備えさせる」なので、over- が付くと「必要以上の資格を持つ」、つまり「資格過剰」の意味になります。関連語は qualify と qualification です。
Overqualified is formed from over- and qualified. Qualified comes from qualify, which goes back to Latin qualis, meaning "of what kind" or "of what quality." Qualify originally had the sense of giving something the right quality or conditions, and overqualified later developed to mean having more qualifications than needed. Related words include qualify and qualification.
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