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Overcompensate

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

verb-intransitive. To engage in overcompensation.

v. To pay (someone) too much; compensate excessively.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

v. To do an excessive amount in one area in an effort to overcome a perceived lack in another area.

v. To provide excessive pay or reward for work performed.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

v. to make excessive corrections for fear of making an error.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

v. make up for shortcomings or a feeling of inferiority by exaggerating good qualities

v. make excessive corrections for fear of making an error

Word Usage

"In the process, it's easy to overcompensate, which is what unnerves me about the niche response to "The Social Network" among people old enough to be Zuckerberg's parents."

Verb Form

overcompensated overcompensates overcompensating

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

makeup even up counterbalance correct even out

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

over-correct compensate too much