overcompensatory

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What does overcompensatory mean?

Tending to overcompensate; providing excessive compensation.

Where does overcompensatory come from?

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 compensatory English overcompensatory From over- + compensatory.

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