美 [ˌoʊvərˈkərekt]
v. 矫枉过正
adj. 矫枉过正的；矫正过多的
The Clarks' hypothesis, if correct, means tropical forests would shrink over time.
如果克拉克的假设是正确的，这就意味着热带森林会随着时间的推移而缩小。
Correct your mistake the moment you realize it and don't try to gloss over your mistake.
要知过必改， 不要文过饰非。
We could reprint at a cost of X, or she had found a service that would affix stickers over the price to correct at a cost of X.
我们可以按成本价格重新印刷，这将花费X，或根据她找到的一种修正服务，可以重新粘贴上正确的价格，这将花费X。
Because of this line of reasoning, managers or technical leads sometimes over-correct and attempt to maximize efficiency by staffing single-person projects to reduce the communication overhead down to zero.
Most of the revisions to laws made by the Lords are amendments made by the government itself, to correct over-hasty drafting of legislation introduced in the Commons.
This is over-mechanistic but broadly correct.