overcompensate
verb (used with object)
to compensate or reward excessively; overpay.
have overcompensated
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present perfectof overcompensate.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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"The networks may look at themselves and say we might have overcompensated by believing they needed so many titles to launch with but some of these will presumably be successful," Berman said.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 20, 2016
But nonprofit groups say the city, in its desire to thwart corruption, might have overcompensated.
From New York Times ● Apr. 19, 2010
