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- verb Present participle of
overcompensate .
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Examples
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And I ` m wondering if they feel guilty and are kind of overcompensating now and are in denial because of the fact of the type of careers they had?
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Because several folks have specifically commented that they aren't fans of sex in movies, and therefore wonder just a bit why I like it, even wondering if I'm "overcompensating" I thought I'd address that.
Sex in Films Steven Barnes 2008
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RUFUS WAINWRIGHT has been "overcompensating" for his mum KATE MCGARRIGLE's death by throwing himself into work - but he's anticipating a meltdown in July (10).
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I've always secretly thought Girls Gone Wild is the kind of overcompensating shit someone deeply insecure about their sexuality would produce.
Gawker 2009
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It seemed to me that people were kind of overcompensating, making a fuss about something that wasn’t all that.
Nostalgia Envy « We Don't Count Your Own Visits To Your Blog 2006
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But no matter how much resentment you harbor, or overcompensating success you acquire, or ex-spouses aka, parent-substitutes you leave in your wake, you will never get to trade in your parents for new ones.
Melissa Lafsky: 5 Truths About Your Parents (That No One Ever Tells You) Melissa Lafsky 2011
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But no matter how much resentment you harbor, or overcompensating success you acquire, or ex-spouses aka, parent-substitutes you leave in your wake, you will never get to trade in your parents for new ones.
Melissa Lafsky: 5 Truths About Your Parents (That No One Ever Tells You) Melissa Lafsky 2011
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But no matter how much resentment you harbor, or overcompensating success you acquire, or ex-spouses aka, parent-substitutes you leave in your wake, you will never get to trade in your parents for new ones.
Melissa Lafsky: 5 Truths About Your Parents (That No One Ever Tells You) Melissa Lafsky 2011
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It was the sight of a guy trying too hard and overcompensating for his ill-ease.
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But no matter how much resentment you harbor, or overcompensating success you acquire, or ex-spouses aka, parent-substitutes you leave in your wake, you will never get to trade in your parents for new ones.
Melissa Lafsky: 5 Truths About Your Parents (That No One Ever Tells You) Melissa Lafsky 2011
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