[V] ~ (for sth) (by doing sth) (written) to do too much when trying to correct a problem and so cause a different problem:
She overcompensated for her shyness by talking too much and laughing too loud.
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Is overcompensate a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, overcompensate is tagged as verb.
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