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Definition of Over-correct
1. Verb. Make excessive corrections for fear of making an error.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Over-correct
Literary usage of Over-correct
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Photography of Coloured Objects by Charles Edward Kenneth Mees (1916)
"As a general rule, if we must correct wrongly for the rendering of colour contrast,
it is usually better to over-correct towards the red, since red is a ..."
2. Wilson's Photographic Magazine (1911)
"As a general rule, if we must correct wrongly for the rendering of color contrast,
it is usually better to over- correct toward the red, since red is a ..."
3. A Treatise on the Diseases of the Eye by John Soelberg Wells (1883)
"... on the vertical meridian when the eye is turned upwards and inwards, it will
not over-correct the action of the superior rectus, but only limit it. 3. ..."
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