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overcompensative

overcompensative adjective: excessively compensative.

Adjective

overcompensative (not comparable)

  1. Excessively compensative

Origin of overcompensative

From over- + compensative.

Questions about overcompensative

What does overcompensative mean?
Overcompensative means excessively compensative.
What part of speech is overcompensative?
Overcompensative is an adjective.

Words near overcompensative in the dictionary

  1. overcompensates
  2. overcompensating
  3. overcompensatingly
  4. overcompensation
  5. overcompensations
  6. overcompensative
  7. overcompensator
  8. overcompensators
  9. overcompensatory
  10. overcompetence
  11. overcompetition

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