overcompensate

I also learned to overcompensate and create a persona that helped me talk comfortably to people.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 7, 2026

Sometimes the former defensive player of the year is forced to overcompensate for his teammates’ mistakes.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 7, 2026

This sounds obvious, she says, but many people “neglect to pause” and try to overcompensate, which causes them to talk in circles.

From MarketWatch ● Jan. 16, 2026

“For years, I internalized the idea that my brain was ‘wrong’ and that I had to work twice as hard, overcompensate and mask my symptoms to be taken seriously in professional spaces,” Colzie said.

From Salon ● Mar. 2, 2025

Terryl could overcompensate with the passion of a convert.

From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel

Inflationary pressures from this wage growth may mean a rate-cutting Fed overcompensates with more aggressive balance sheet cuts to sustain credibility.

From Barron's ● Feb. 11, 2026

“But we think that spread in P/E multiples overcompensates for the quality difference between the two companies.”

From MarketWatch ● Feb. 5, 2026

Elena rejects Dovydas at certain times, and Dovydas overcompensates at moments that have them determining if and how they can be together.

From Salon ● Jan. 21, 2023

The songs are written from the point of view of a "woman who feels powerless and overcompensates by exercising extreme control on herself and on her environment," Mitski told The Outline.

From BBC ● Dec. 21, 2018

There’s also the mystery of where Grace came from, which when answered, arrives as a warmed-over sci-fi twist the way too much salt overcompensates for a meal whose blandness is baked in.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 12, 2018

Others are saying she overcompensated for her unconvincing aggressiveness last time round - and was too defensive this time.

From BBC ● Apr. 20, 2022

After its sales skyrocketed in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, Peloton overcompensated by spending hundreds of millions to expedite shipping and build a new factory.

From The Verge ● Feb. 19, 2022

The hospital overcompensated physicians in violation of two federal laws, Leach said.

From Washington Times ● Mar. 13, 2020

DeBoer said all Jones needed was a few small adjustments as he had overcompensated from being too passive late in the season to being overly aggressive in the first four games against the Golden Knights.

From Seattle Times ● May 10, 2019

He was painfully shy, which, as is often the manner of the painfully shy, he overcompensated for by being too loud at the wrong times.

From "Stardust" by Neil Gaiman

However, the director of the body that represents the lending industry said it thought the FCA was "overcompensating".

From BBC ● Feb. 4, 2026

The movie seems to recoil from its own hammering dramatics, with Bryce Dessner’s score toggling uneasily between jocular blues and dour, overcompensating strings.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 24, 2025

They don't seem to get that bullies are usually overcompensating.

From Salon ● Sep. 5, 2024

But “I think they’re overcompensating by making these new guidelines.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 25, 2024

But was Rowan overcompensating now by choosing the most pleasant looking of them?

From "Scythe" by Neal Shusterman