Overcompensate
Verb
1.
overcompensate
- make up for shortcomings or a feeling of inferiority by exaggerating good qualities; "he is compensating for being a bad father"
compensate
,
cover
underwrite
,
insure
,
cover
- protect by insurance; "The insurance won't cover this"
counterbalance
,
even off
,
even out
,
even up
,
compensate
,
correct
- adjust or make up for; "engineers will work to correct the effects or air resistance"
2.
overcompensate
- make excessive corrections for fear of making an error
over-correct
redress
,
right
,
correct
,
compensate
- make reparations or amends for; "right a wrongs done to the victims of the Holocaust"
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