Wiktionary
vb. To correct too sharply or too much
Usage examples of "overcorrect".
In that case he must pull up, but again, very gently, or he is likely to overcorrect, so the plane would climb sharply then nose down once more.
If the tractor beam operator thought his target was trying to go vertical, be might overcorrect and allow the yacht to slip the lock.
The throw missed ahead, but Sal managed to catch the line as the Fed overcorrected and the barge slipped behind the cutter.
The colors reversed into complementary tones for a few insane seconds, overcorrected, and then suddenly were normal.
SMU, got herself almost lined up, overcorrected, corrected again, and with about ten feet to go was only a few feet off the optimal location.
Pam overcorrected with the wheel, and the car nosed down, into a grove of trees so black they looked like they had erased the world.
Lara deliberately overcorrected and let an expression of shock cross her face as she veered into the side of a building.
The driver had overcorrected for the skid and sent the car into a spin.
The Nissan began to waver as Malone overcorrected but he kept it going.
The freckled child turned his bike to follow a bend in the path, overcorrected for the Coriolis force change, and almost rammed Cal as he raced by.
Tanaka started up and down jinks, trying to get the radar-guided missiles to overcorrect and overshoot their target.
The tractor switchbacked down the hill through the barren fields as Chip kept frantically overcorrecting his overcorrections.