Overspecialize (Verb)
Meaning
Become overly specialized; "She overspecialized when she concentrated on verbs in Fijian".
Classification
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc..
Examples
- He overspecialized in robotics engineering and struggled to keep up with broader industry trends.
- In trying to be an expert in ancient Egyptian hieroglyphics, she overspecialized and lost interest in other aspects of her studies.
- After spending years studying the mating habits of a specific species of ant, the biologist began to worry that she was starting to overspecialize.
- They warned him that overspecializing in just one programming language could limit his job prospects in the rapidly evolving tech industry.
- By focusing exclusively on 19th-century French literature, she overspecialized and missed out on the richness of other literary periods and movements.