"overcorrect" meaning in English

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      "expansion": "over- + correct",
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  "etymology_text": "From over- + correct.",
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    {
      "form": "overcorrects",
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        "singular",
        "third-person"
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    },
    {
      "form": "overcorrecting",
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        "participle",
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    },
    {
      "form": "overcorrected",
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    {
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  "pos": "verb",
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      "derived": [
        {
          "word": "overcorrection"
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        {
          "ref": "2007 July 5, Michelle York, “Alcohol Not a Factor in S.U.V. Crash That Killed 5 Friends”, in New York Times:",
          "text": "[…] Ms. Goodman, who was driving, overcorrected after passing a slow-moving vehicle.",
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        "To correct too sharply or too much"
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      "links": [
        [
          "correct",
          "correct"
        ]
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "hypercorrect"
        }
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  "word": "overcorrect"
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      "word": "overcorrection"
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  ],
  "etymology_text": "From over- + correct.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "overcorrects",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "overcorrecting",
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        "participle",
        "present"
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    },
    {
      "form": "overcorrected",
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        "participle",
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    },
    {
      "form": "overcorrected",
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        "To correct too sharply or too much"
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          "correct",
          "correct"
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  "word": "overcorrect"
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