overcompensate

But his intimidating onyx armor obscures all that, much in the way Darth Vader’s helmet and cloak overcompensate for his shriveled form.

From Salon ● Aug. 2, 2026

Those caught short, like India and Australia, might overcompensate.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 23, 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

Her breeziness was forced, laid on thickly, and Ifemelu felt burdened with guilt, and with a desire to overcompensate.

From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

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

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

Working from a screenplay by Douglas Soesbe that juggles contrivance and insight, Montiel labors to avoid sensationalizing Nolan's story, and in the process he overcompensates.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 16, 2015

They overcompensated for Scott’s style by hiring a nice-guy replacement, Kliavkoff, who wouldn’t cause any friction.

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 18, 2024

Others are saying she overcompensated for her unconvincing aggressiveness last time round - and was too defensive this time.

From BBC ● Apr. 20, 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

Some analyses of the relief program indicate that farmers are being overcompensated.

From Washington Times ● Sep. 1, 2019

He was painfully shy, which, as is often the manner of the painfully shy, he overcompensated for by being too loud at the wrong times.

From "Stardust" by Neil Gaiman

I’m not claiming that he’s overcompensating, but, yeah, he is.

From Salon ● Jun. 19, 2026

“It kind of rocked so many parts of my life, and kind of cracked things open. And I started to understand where my anxieties come from and why I’m overcompensating in certain areas.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 15, 2026

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

From BBC ● Feb. 4, 2026

Bowen Yang had just played an overcompensating straight guy opposite Sydney Sweeney on “Saturday Night Live.”

From New York Times ● Apr. 13, 2024

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

From "Scythe" by Neal Shusterman