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overcompensate

[oh-ver-kom-puhn-seyt] / ˌoʊ vərˈkɒm pənˌseɪt /


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I also learned to overcompensate and create a persona that helped me talk comfortably to people.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 7, 2026

This sounds obvious, she says, but many people “neglect to pause” and try to overcompensate, which causes them to talk in circles.

From MarketWatch Jan. 16, 2026

The elephantine grand piano can easily bully its smaller partners or timidly overcompensate.

From New York Times May 6, 2023

The trades made in recent days might optimize those cores to reach their full potential, but it’s doubtful any could overcompensate for them if they fall short.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 10, 2023

The train is moving so slowly that I overcompensate with my landing, too used to running off the momentum, and I fall.

From "Allegiant" by Veronica Roth

Sepsis, which can be life-threatening and is difficult to spot, is an emergency reaction to infection where the immune system overcompensates and damages tissues and organs.

From BBC Apr. 26, 2026

Inflationary pressures from this wage growth may mean a rate-cutting Fed overcompensates with more aggressive balance sheet cuts to sustain credibility.

From Barron's Feb. 11, 2026

“But we think that spread in P/E multiples overcompensates for the quality difference between the two companies.”

From MarketWatch Feb. 5, 2026

If the comedy overcompensates at the expense of landing every gag, then good on her.

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 26, 2025

Elena rejects Dovydas at certain times, and Dovydas overcompensates at moments that have them determining if and how they can be together.

From Salon Jan. 21, 2023

"I had money and had to keep myself occupied. I overcompensated but that's the way I dealt with it."

From BBC Mar. 9, 2025

They championed Apple TV Plus early, for instance, even if they overcompensated by practically salivating all over “Ted Lasso.”

From Washington Post Jul. 12, 2022

He said some of the workers’ complaints stem from an error made in calculating daily performance bonuses for two crews, in which one was overcompensated and the other undercompensated, but that was quickly fixed.

From Seattle Times Mar. 23, 2022

After its sales skyrocketed in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, Peloton overcompensated by spending hundreds of millions to expedite shipping and build a new factory.

From The Verge Feb. 19, 2022

Jessie lifted up a knee to prop up the tray but overcompensated.

From "The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street" by Karina Yan Glaser

However, the director of the body that represents the lending industry said before the final ruling that it thought the FCA was "overcompensating".

From BBC Mar. 31, 2026

Rudy may have been the scene-stealer in the earliest seasons of the show, but Theo had the most heart, striving to live up to his parents’ high expectations while behaviorally overcompensating for his low grades.

From Salon Jul. 23, 2025

The movie seems to recoil from its own hammering dramatics, with Bryce Dessner’s score toggling uneasily between jocular blues and dour, overcompensating strings.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 24, 2025

“You don’t think he’s overcompensating do you?” a former GOP member of Congress asked me.

From Salon Apr. 24, 2025

But was Rowan overcompensating now by choosing the most pleasant looking of them?

From "Scythe" by Neal Shusterman




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