overcompensate

Example Sentences

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“It kind of rocked so many parts of my life, and kind of cracked things open. And I started to understand where my anxieties come from and why I’m overcompensating in certain areas.”

From Los Angeles Times

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

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

From MarketWatch

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

From BBC

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

From MarketWatch