overcorrect, patch (AREA), spotty

Any major rally in oil prices is likely to be tempered by still-falling demand and OPEC's patchy history of sticking to pledged output cuts.

“You know, I guess the best way to describe government policy is like a person trying to drive a car in a rough patch,” he said. “If you ever get stuck in a situation like that, you know full well it’s important not to overcorrect, because when you overcorrect you end up in the ditch.”

Dude, you’re already in the ditch.

correct Show phonetics
verb [T]
1 to show or tell someone that something is wrong and to make it right:
Students said it was helpful if the teacher corrected their pronunciation.
I've got thirty exam papers to correct.

2 If a medical treatment corrects a particular condition, it cures the condition or makes it easier to manage:
glasses to correct poor vision
a chair which corrects bad posture


overcorrect

IN BRIEF: v. - To apply adjustments in excess of what is required, as in a lens.

patch (AREA) Show phonetics
noun [C]
1 a small area which is different in some way from the area that surrounds it:
Our dog has a black patch on his back.
The hotel walls were covered in damp patches.
There were lots of icy patches on the road this morning.
This story is good in patches (= some parts are good), but I wouldn't really recommend it.

2 INFORMAL a local area within which someone works:
He's been working as a policeman on the same patch for twenty years.

patchy Show phonetics
adjective
1 only existing or happening in some parts:
The varnish is a bit patchy on this table.
Southeast England will start with some patchy rain/patchy cloud at first.

2 sometimes good and sometimes bad:
Matthew found the service offered by estate agents extremely patchy.

spotty Show phonetics
adjective
1 UK describes a person with spots on their skin:
I knew him when he was just a spotty youth.

2 US (UK AND AUSTRALIAN ENGLISH patchy) bad in some parts:
She has a fairly spotty work record.
Sales have picked up a little but they're still spotty.