overcompensate

A verb used to describe the act of taking excessive or exaggerated measures to correct a perceived deficiency or imbalance.

• 🇩🇪Deutsches Verb, das beschreibt, dass jemand übermäßige oder übertriebene Maßnahmen ergreift, um einen vermuteten Mangel oder ein Ungleichgewicht auszugleichen, und dabei oft das eigentliche Ziel verfehlt.

1. Exaggerate good qualities B2 formal

   To try to make up for a perceived weakness or inferiority by exaggerating positive traits or actions.

   • He overcompensated for his shyness by being overly loud and boastful.
   • She overcompensated for her lack of experience by working twice as hard as everyone else.
   • The manager overcompensated for past mistakes by being overly strict with the team.

   🇩🇪Überkompensieren

2. Make excessive corrections B2 formal

   To take extreme or unnecessary measures to avoid a potential error, often resulting in a new problem.

   • The driver overcompensated when he swerved, causing the car to spin out of control.
   • The company overcompensated for the security breach by implementing overly restrictive policies.
   • He overcompensated in his diet by cutting out all fats, which led to nutritional deficiencies.

   🇩🇪Überkompensation

   Synonyme: overshoot

• overcompensated past participle
• overcompensated past simple
• overcompensating present participle
• overcompensates third person singular