overadjust

verb

over·ad·just ˌō-vər-ə-ˈjəst

overadjusted; overadjusting

transitive + intransitive

: to adjust excessively

overadjust to temporary conditions

Overadjusting the brightness or contrast can hide background features …—

Kaoru Sakabe

Print and screen are different mediums. But Persuasion, the first production from PBS' Complete Jane Austen, badly overadjusts, adding so many fussy modern flourishes and out-of-place romantic gestures it almost undermines the inherent beauty of Austen's work.—

Robert Bianco

overadjustment

ˌō-vər-ə-ˈjəst-mənt

noun

plural overadjustments

"The first time you go through a rough time, you tend to make overadjustments and you analyze too much." —

Brad Lidge