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What does overcorrect mean?

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  1. To correct too sharply or too much
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Apply slight, gentle pressure, several times if necessary, to be sure not to overcorrect and twist the limb too far in the opposite direction.
He pinpoints the human tendency of lawmakers and regulators to overcorrect in the aftermath of a crisis.
The authors overcorrect for this possibility by subtracting all transactions made in the last year, as if everyone paid their bills each month.
Treatment may include prescribing eyeglasses or contact lenses to slightly overcorrect night vision and decrease the light scatter.
If such a signal causes the system to overcorrect itself, a phenomenon called hunting may occur in which the system first overcorrects itself in one direction and then overcorrects itself in the opposite direction.
To condition expectations against deflationary shocks, policy should overcorrect such shocks so that the price level eventually increases.

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