Definition of "over-correction" [over-correction]

• In ophthalmol., the conversion of one defect of vision into its opposite by means of too powerful lenses. (noun)

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "What's followed has been a classic Washington over-correction."
• "The group's president, Alan Rosenbloom , said the move "crossed the line from over-correction into real Medicare cuts.""
• "Chamber of Commerce and the Business Roundtable -- Mr. Obama's new "BFFs" -- and others take the position that because the number of manufacturing workers in the U.S. is rising again albeit only modestly and probably only temporarily, then anything more than modest palliatives would be an over-correction."