学がく歴れき難なん民みん

noun

overqualified person; educational refugee

A person whose high educational background makes it difficult to find a job matching their qualifications, often leading to underemployment. The term carries a critical or sympathetic tone about the mismatch between education and the labor market.

• 彼かれは博はく士し号ごうを持もっているのに、学がく歴れき難なん民みんになってしまった。

  Even though he has a PhD, he ended up as an overqualified person unable to find a suitable job.

• 不ふ況きょうで学がく歴れき難なん民みんが増ふえている。

  The number of educational refugees is increasing due to the recession.