overcompensate
transitive verb overcompensated, overcompensating
to give an excessive compensation to
intransitive verb
- Psychol. to react to a real or imagined physical or psychological defect with a conscious or unconscious exaggerated drive to compensate for it
- to make more than the necessary allowance or adjustment
See overcompensate in American Heritage Dictionary 4
(ōˌvər-kŏmˈpən-sātˌ)
verb o·ver·com·pen·sat·ed,
o·ver·com·pen·sat·ing,
o·ver·com·pen·sates verb, intransitive To engage in overcompensation.
verb, transitive To pay (someone) too much; compensate excessively.
Related Forms:
- oˌver·com·penˈsa·toˌry (-kəm-pĕnˈsə-tôrˌē, -tōrˌē) adjective
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