overcompensate
Example Sentences
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House Armed Services Committee, suggested that President Joe Biden's administration might be overcompensating for what he described as its previously lax monitoring of American airspace.
From Reuters
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
“It wasn’t that the jokes were particularly that funny,” she said, “but I realized people really miss being at Sundance and they were actually overcompensating for that feeling of being in a theater again.”
From Washington Post
The groin tear to his right side was due to him overcompensating.
From Seattle Times
To conquer it, Williams said he would overcompensate, sometimes giving artists dozens of visual references or heavily detailed documentation.
From Los Angeles Times
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