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overcompensate

POS

Verb (usu participle), Verb (intransitive)

HYPHEN

o=ver=com=pen=sate

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Verb overcompensate has 2 senses

overcompensate(v = verb.stative) compensate, cover - make up for shortcomings or a feeling of inferiority by exaggerating good qualities; "he is compensating for being a bad father"

is one way to compensate, correct, counterbalance, even off, even out, even up, make up

Derived form noun overcompensation₁

Sample sentence:
Something ----s something

overcompensate(v = verb.social) over-correct - make excessive corrections for fear of making an error; Array

is one way to compensate, correct, redress, right

Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something

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CIDE DICTIONARY

overcompensate, v.

to make excessive corrections for fear of making an error. [WordNet 1.5]

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OXFORD DICTIONARY

overcompensate, v.
1 tr. (usu. foll. by for) compensate excessively for (something).
2 intr. Psychol. strive for power etc. in an exaggerated way, esp. to make allowance or amends for a real or fancied grievance, defect, handicap, etc.

Derivative

overcompensation n. overcompensatory adj.

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