overcompensate

Example Sentences

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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

If anything, their father and mother took that away from them and left them feeling powerless, which explains this need for Kendall to overcompensate and try too hard and overshoot the mark.

From New York Times • May 30, 2023

He almost always makes a bad move and then tries to overcompensate.

From Salon • Aug. 11, 2022

“We all know guys who overcompensate for their inadequacies,” Timken said in the spot.

From Washington Post • Apr. 28, 2022

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