WordNet
over-correct
v. make excessive corrections for fear of making an error [syn: overcompensate]
Usage examples of "over-correct".
It seemed to him that Simes tended to over-correct and that the Captain was somewhat optimistically under-correcting, but neither was so far out as to endanger the ship.
Tombstone eased up on his descent rate, conscious of the other potential hazard, that he would over-correct and come in too high.
At first glance he always strikes you as a little on the stuffy side, or at least over-correct, but he unbends when he knows you and he's a very astute lawyer and a deadly, if cautious, poker player.