overcompensate

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• November 19. 2013 from wordnet.princeton.edu

  overcompensate — verb — english

  make up for shortcomings or a feeling of inferiority by exaggerating good qualities; "he is compensating for being a bad father"

• March 22. 2016 from wordnet.princeton.edu

  overcompensate — verb — english

  make excessive corrections for fear of making an error