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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
overcompensate .
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Examples
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Auditors said Rhone was "overcompensated" for his duties.
unknown title 2009
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"overcompensated" if their suit is allowed to go forward because actions are under way in Antigua and Dallas that could result in them getting their money back.
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But even if the system is not perfect, we must reject misleading uses of data that perpetuate the myth that Federal employees are as a whole overcompensated.
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But the focus on public employees -- and the accompanying narrative that they're greedy and overcompensated -- obscures a lot of that: It makes it seem as if the decisions that have to be made are easy and costless and can be shunted onto an interest group that some of us, at least, don't like.
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He overcompensated for his insecurities with sex to feed his ego which feeds his narcissism.
David Perel: Technology & Psychology: The Never-Before-Revealed Details of Why John Edwards Finally Confessed to His Affair David Perel 2011
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Giving more money to "overcompensated executives" isn't as good: adding savings to banks isn't going to make them lend as much as reducing the toxicity of the mortgage-backed securities.
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Then again, one could argue Russia has taken the "high road" at exactly the wrong time and has overcompensated in its resistance, because refusing to even condemn Assad goes beyond reason.
Michael Hughes: UN Fiddles While Syria Burns Michael Hughes 2011
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Either they will overcompensate already overcompensated executives, or create new jobs.
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Then again, one could argue Russia has taken the "high road" at exactly the wrong time and has overcompensated in its resistance, because refusing to even condemn Assad goes beyond reason.
Michael Hughes: UN Fiddles While Syria Burns Michael Hughes 2011
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Either they will overcompensate already overcompensated executives, or create new jobs.
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