overcompensate

verb

make excessive corrections for fear of making an error

make up for shortcomings or a feeling of inferiority by exaggerating good qualities

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The word overcompensate breaks down into one root of Latin origin: the root pens-, from Latin pendo (“hang, weigh”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.