overeducate

verb

1. To educate too much.

   “You cannot overeducate the man you place in charge of a steam engine on board of a ship, and on whose judgment and skill a thousand valuable lives, to say nothing of property, may depend.”

   “They are drilled and attend school on the premises, being taught by a capable mistress who understands their disabilities, and does not overeducate them, and yet tries to prevent their minds becoming fallow.”

   ““You know, one thing I find particularly unpleasant about you Americans is your tendency to overeducate your women.””