overcompensate
verb (used with object)
to compensate or reward excessively; overpay.
had been overcompensating
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past perfect progressiveof overcompensate.past perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that was ongoing continuously in the past up until another past event interrupted it.
Example Sentences
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Sessions is a slime ball who had been overcompensating all his life, and not in a good way.
From New York Times ● Jun. 16, 2017
