overcorrect

overcorrect

English

Etymology

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *úp
Proto-Indo-European *-er
Proto-Indo-European *upér
Proto-Germanic *uber
Old English ofer-
Middle English over-
English over-
English correct
English overcorrect

    From over- + correct.

    Verb

    overcorrect (third-person singular simple present overcorrects, present participle overcorrecting, simple past and past participle overcorrected)

    1. To correct too sharply or too much
      • 2007 July 5, Michelle York, “Alcohol Not a Factor in S.U.V. Crash That Killed 5 Friends”, in New York Times‎[1]:
        […] Ms. Goodman, who was driving, overcorrected after passing a slow-moving vehicle.

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