1876, F. Colburn Adams, High Old Salts, page 12: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.
1921, J. Anderson Smith, "The Foreign Field", Mother and Child, volume 2, page 373: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.
2004, Patricia Lewin, Out of Reach, Ballantine Books, ISBN 0-345-44321-7, page 177:“You know, one thing I find particularly unpleasant about you Americans is your tendency to overeducate your women.â€
