over-correct

A verb used to indicate the act of making an excessive or unnecessary adjustment in an attempt to correct a mistake, often resulting in a new error.

• 🌐فعل يُستعمل للإشارة إلى المبالغة في تصحيح خطأ ما أو إدخال تعديل زائد أو غير ضروري عليه، مما يؤدي غالبًا إلى وقوع خطأ جديد.

1. Excessive correction C1 formal

   To make too many adjustments or corrections, often out of fear of making a mistake, leading to an unintended result.

   • The driver over-corrected the steering and swerved off the road.
   • In an attempt to be fair, the teacher over-corrected the grading system.
   • He over-corrected his posture and ended up with back pain.

   🌐الإفراط في التصحيح

   المرادفات: overcompensateoverdooverreactovershoot

• over-corrected past participle
• over-corrected past simple
• over-correcting present participle
• over-corrects third person singular