overcompensation
Example Sentences
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One is a balls-to-the-wall tune that reeks of overcompensation; the other is a lonely meditation on devotion, which is the essence of Arthur Currie's struggle as a misanthrope caught between two worlds.
From Salon
Hence, when he came out of Walter Reed with an army of physicians, it appeared to me as overcompensation for a lack elsewhere.
From Salon
But now I realise such frantic overcompensation was necessary, because if I’d stopped for a second the whole fragile edifice would crash down.
From The Guardian
Albeit there has always been something showy about some of the excitement, a sense of overcompensation.
From The Guardian
But Cliff also wonders if overcompensation might make the NFL less popular down the road.
From Seattle Times
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