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overcorrection
noun[ C or U ]
(alsoover-correction)uk /ˌəʊ.və.kəˈrek.ʃən/ us /ˌoʊ.vɚ.kəˈrek.ʃən/
the act of changing something too much when you are trying to correct it, or a change like this: 矫枉过正
Sometimes surgery can result in an overcorrection.
Confusions with the conditional may be a result of over-correction.条件句使用上的混淆可能是语言教学中过度纠正的结果。
Related word
overcorrect
Overcorrection leads to oversteering and overreacting.
Overcorrection is an important risk when initiating therapy.
Widespread biases can potentially lead to overcorrections when prices adjust.
Another common over-correction involves pairs distinguished as adjective and adverb, especially "good" and "well", in uses after linking verbs.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Correcting and mending
calibration
clean (someone/something) up
correction
fiddle (around) with something
fine-tune
mess
reconstruction
recover
rectifiable
rectification
refine
refinement
remedy
revised
scratch
smooth something away
smoothen
sort
sort something out
troubleshoot
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