"overcorrect" meaning in All languages combined

See overcorrect on Wiktionary

Verb [English]

Forms: overcorrects [present, singular, third-person], overcorrecting [participle, present], overcorrected [participle, past], overcorrected [past]
Etymology: From over- + correct. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|over|correct}} over- + correct Head templates: {{en-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 Derived forms: overcorrection Related terms: hypercorrect

Inflected forms

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