Usually means: Excessively correcting or addressing deficiencies.
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We found 12 dictionaries that define the word overcompensating:

General (10 matching dictionaries)
  1. overcompensating: Merriam-Webster
  2. overcompensating: Collins English Dictionary
  3. overcompensating: Vocabulary.com
  4. Overcompensating, overcompensating: Wordnik
  5. overcompensating: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. overcompensating: Wiktionary
  7. overcompensating: Dictionary.com
  8. overcompensating: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  9. Overcompensating (webcomic), Overcompensating: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  10. overcompensating: TheFreeDictionary.com

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. overcompensating: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. overcompensating: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (overcompensate)

verb:  (intransitive) To do an excessive amount in one area in an effort to overcome a perceived lack in another area.
verb:  (transitive) To provide with excessive pay or reward for work performed.
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