overcorrection
[ oh-ver-kuh-rek-shuhn ]
/ ˌoʊ vər kəˈrɛk ʃən /
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noun
correction beyond what is needed or customary, especially when leading to error; overadjustment: The pilot made an overcorrection for headwinds.
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Origin of overcorrection
First recorded in 1880–85; over- + correction
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How to use overcorrection in a sentence
Advancement of the tenotomized muscle should be performed if the over-correction be only discovered after the operation.
Considerable over-correction should be employed as the lid tends to drop subsequently.
It was perhaps due in part to over-correction, when the context was forgotten and the subject had lost its freshness.
Alexander Pope|Leslie Stephen