overcompensatory

adjective

Tending to overcompensate; providing excessive compensation.

OriginEnglish compensatory ← Middle English over- ← Old English ofer- →
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Meanings

adjectiveovercompensatory (comparative more overcompensatory, superlative most overcompensatory)

comparative more overcompensatory · superlative most overcompensatory

  1. Tending to overcompensate; providing excessive compensation.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*úp
  2. Proto-Indo-European*upér
  3. Proto-Germanic*uber
  4. Old Englishofer-
  5. Middle Englishover-
  6. Englishover-
  7. Englishcompensatory
  8. Englishovercompensatory

From over- + compensatory.

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APA

overcompensatory. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overcompensatory

MLA

“overcompensatory.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overcompensatory. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “overcompensatory,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overcompensatory.

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