Verb (used with object) : Some stockholders feel the executives are being overcompensated and that bonuses should be reduced. From Dictionary.com.
Not that I was trying to overcompensate for anything. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript - Larry King Live: What Can Be Done About Women Losing Their Sex Drives? - May 25, 2000] Reference
Often times if there is a delay, users overcompensate. From Wordnik.com. [Delay] Reference
His strategy is to overcompensate when Tami joins him. From Wordnik.com. [Work &Amp; Play] Reference
Don't overcompensate by trying to give it a Latin flavor. From Wordnik.com. [Katie Halper: Oil Spill: 5 New Rules and Regulations for Talking About BP Disaster] Reference
FONDA: You know, I hope I didn ` t overcompensate in a way. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Sep 6, 2007] Reference
One way to deal with these types of problems is to overcompensate. From Wordnik.com. [Do You Have Problems With Your Feet, Hips Or Back?] Reference
"We have to overcompensate to gain credibility and control again.". From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jan 18, 2006] Reference
At last having a President who doesn't need to - ah - "overcompensate.". From Wordnik.com. [Tallulah Morehead: Gratitude Imparting Day.] Reference
And so you make sure you're not, and maybe even overcompensate at times. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript - Reliable Sources: George Bush Gets Good Reviews for His First Week; Should the Press be Grilling Baltimore Ravens Star Ray Lewis - January 27, 2001] Reference
When you're a woman lacking in height, you overcompensate in other areas. From Wordnik.com. [Tara Dublin: The Short and the Short of It] Reference
It reaches beyond that, it's sort of a psychological drive to overcompensate. From Wordnik.com. [Hani Almadhoun: Why Did the Cartoonist Cross the Road?] Reference
We'd have a tendency for U. S forces to overcompensate for what we don't know. From Wordnik.com. [Joe Cirincione: Senate September Showdown] Reference
Look at me trying to overcompensate for the fact that I miss Capital City Guy. From Wordnik.com. [Coffee, Tea, Or Me?] Reference
But no, I had to overcompensate for my hate and pretend like all was forgiven. From Wordnik.com. [Jillian Crane: Naked (self-betraying) Lunch] Reference
But film directors tend to overcompensate for the talkiness with visual hustle-bustle. From Wordnik.com. [Shakespeare] Reference
Sometimes 240 Hz can overcompensate and lend an artificial camcorder effect to images. From Wordnik.com. [Wired Top Stories] Reference
If he does that, he can probably overcompensate for some of his political deficiencies. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Feb 20, 2008] Reference
But you don't need movie-star bucks to overcompensate like one: Fortis B-42 Face size: 42mm. From Wordnik.com. [Watches: Size Matters] Reference
Yet to his credit, Obama has never seemed to overcompensate in response to such perceptions. From Wordnik.com. [How Obama is Mediating His Way Toward the Presidency] Reference
People who truly have religious faith don't have to overcompensate by attacking those who don't. From Wordnik.com. [Huckabee Reaches Out To Atheists] Reference
Without access to these nonverbal social cues, we have to overcompensate with "HAHAHAHAAAA LOL!!". From Wordnik.com. [Claire Gordon: The Internet is Awwwwww!] Reference
Naomi will overcompensate for her secret by being "too on," says Jessica Stroup, who plays Silver. From Wordnik.com. [Body of Lies: The Intense Aftermath of Naomi's Rape on 90210] Reference
We see that with people, like me, I guess, who are very short but try to overcompensate all the time. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Apr 4, 2007] Reference
Our bodies only replace the blood donated - they do not overcompensate and produce excess blood or fat. From Wordnik.com. [pangsuan Diary Entry] Reference
And of course, I have to be sure I don't overcompensate while trying to correct for some very minor. From Wordnik.com. [Roger MacBride]
They say savants are simply able to overcompensate for a weakness or damage to the left side of the brain. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Sep 16, 2006] Reference
And this becoming public might force her to overcompensate and go harder on Biden and let Palin off easier. From Wordnik.com. [Obama Holds Sizable Lead In Today's Tracking Polls] Reference
So they overcompensate by showing how big their muscles (or other body parts) are and how tough they can be. From Wordnik.com. [Dr. Jim Taylor: White House Geek Is Chic] Reference
And that will take years, even decades, of producing hot models that overcompensate for the sins of the past. From Wordnik.com. [Back on the Road] Reference
In fact, I usually feel like I'm failing miserably at one of my many roles and overcompensate ridiculously at times. From Wordnik.com. [Mika Brzezinski: Don't Forget to Have Kids -- Part II] Reference
Now is this sort of a way to overcompensate for their original slow response that they have in reacting to this outbreak. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Apr 21, 2003] Reference
HANSEN: Is there, you think, a temptation to overcompensate, maybe try too hard, as opposed to one youd design for the school paper?. From Wordnik.com. [Puzzle-Making Students Search For The Right Words] Reference
We're known to habitually overeat and overcompensate for the absence of our leavened favorites over the eight-day Festival of Freedom. From Wordnik.com. [Doree Lewak: Lighter Unto the Nations: Can Passover be Healthy?] Reference
The Gehellens had misjudged the amount of powder it would take to blow the barricade, but next time they were likely to overcompensate. From Wordnik.com. [Sun of Suns] Reference
However, I'm quietly ashamed of this and overcompensate by spending very little on my wants and usually giving a thumbs-up to my husband's. From Wordnik.com. [Handling Child's Meltdown] Reference
Divorced parents who try to overcompensate for breaking up their child's "happy home" often have a spouse who feels neglected and shut out. From Wordnik.com. [Kristen Houghton: Being a Parent Versus Being a Spouse] Reference
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