over-compensate

They are hate-filled, judgmental, hyper-critical people who cloak themselves in Christianity in an effort to over-compensate for their insecurities.

Welcome to Amazing Grace Baptist. Now turn your clocks back 100 years « Dating Jesus 2009

If people over-compensate for 'irrational' worst case scenero fears then I suspect a program that allieviates such fears might be quite beneficial for the economy.

Adequacy of Personal Savings, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009

I wouldn't put it past politicians to overheat the private sector labour market (and there are literally LOADS of ways they can do this) in the run-up to their wage settlements, only to over-compensate in pegging back inflation once they've had their settlement.

Who O'Neill 2009

Olga Kurlyenko, as mute Pictish warrior Etain, is also somewhat ineffective, her character seemingly included to remedy what would otherwise be a uniformly male-dominated film, and subsequently she is one of those all-knowing, all-seeing, all-wise superwomen we are always given when filmmakers need to over-compensate with female leads.

CENTURION, more exciting than a history lesson | Obsessed With Film 2010

Mr Liddle has been so stung by the (quite proper) allegations of racism over a previous ill-considered blog regarding black boys that he now feels the need to over-compensate and proclaim loudly to the Diane Abbotts of this world: "see, see I'm NOT a racist!"

Giving evidence to the Chilcot inquiry, Tony Blair said: “I... 2010

It can also, in the shorter term, lead to blood sugar lows (as the body can over-compensate for the highs) that can lead to fatigue, fuzzy thinking and food cravings.

What's in your basket, Rebecca Adlington? 2010

Mr Liddle has been so stung by the (quite proper) allegations of racism over a previous ill-considered blog regarding black boys that he now feels the need to over-compensate and proclaim loudly to the Diane Abbotts of this world: "see, see I'm NOT a racist!"

Giving evidence to the Chilcot inquiry, Tony Blair said: “I... 2010

Neither feature worked and smacked of desperation to over-compensate for the loss of former anchor Adrian Chiles, who, while amusing, isn't exactly Lenny Bruce (or even Lenny Henry or Lenny Bennett) and hardly that big a loss.

Five things we learned from watching football this weekend 2010

An unexamined and unhealed past is what is going to drive your present life no matter how hard you try to run from it, repress it, and over-compensate for it.

the hero’s journey | Bindu Wiles 2010

We learned from Enron and MCI that that the letters CEO could stand for: cheat, evade and over-compensate.

Peggy Drexler: The End of Normal: Is Trust for Suckers? 2009