verb
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Gill seemed to overcompensate and whispered hers so that the registrar and I could only just hear.
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Having been too lenient in the early 1990s, it seemed, the regulator was overcompensating.
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On the other hand do not overcompensate and regard the interviewer with a fixed stare.
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The doctor simply put it down to my body overcompensating for having twins.
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We end up overcompensating for our desires, eating more of the diet food than we should, looking for satisfaction.