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What does overcompensatory mean?

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Adjective
  1. Tending to overcompensate; providing excessive compensation.
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While some plants from grassland or desert habitats undergo overcompensatory growth in response to defoliation, it is unlikely that perennial forest herbs can do so.
But the hidden costs of our overcompensatory hypermacho are worse, far worse, than a few politicians slimed by Reich-wing pundits or dirty-tricks campaigns.

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