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overcompensatory

overcompensatory adjective: tending to overcompensate; providing excessive compensation.

Adjective

overcompensatory (comparative more overcompensatory, superlative most overcompensatory)

  1. Tending to overcompensate; providing excessive compensation.

Forms of overcompensatory

comparativemore overcompensatory
superlativemost overcompensatory

Origin of overcompensatory

From over- + compensatory.

Questions about overcompensatory

What does overcompensatory mean?
Overcompensatory means tending to overcompensate; providing excessive compensation.
What part of speech is overcompensatory?
Overcompensatory is an adjective.

Words near overcompensatory in the dictionary

  1. overcompensation
  2. overcompensations
  3. overcompensative
  4. overcompensator
  5. overcompensators
  6. overcompensatory
  7. overcompetence
  8. overcompetition
  9. overcompetitive
  10. overcompetitiveness
  11. overcomplacency

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