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