over·shot
ˈō-vər-ˌshät 
1
: actuated by the weight of water passing over and flowing from above
an overshot waterwheel
2
a
: having the upper jaw extending beyond the lower
b
: projecting beyond the lower jaw
: a pattern or weave featuring filling threads which pass two or more warp yarns before reentering the fabric
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Quartz, 27 Oct. 2022
Sylvia Plath long ago reached, even overshot, iconic status.
—Jessica Ferri, Los Angeles Times, 29 Oct. 2020
Discover Magazine, 15 Jan. 2018
Scrooge overshot the toss, and the coin took out Sherman’s eye.
—Michele Amabile Angermiller, Variety, 10 Dec. 2022
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Adjective
The spending through credit cards even overshot debit card usage.
—Quartz, 27 Oct. 2022
Sylvia Plath long ago reached, even overshot, iconic status.
—Jessica Ferri, Los Angeles Times, 29 Oct. 2020
Noun
Akatsuki spacecraft closed in on Venus seven years ago, its main engine failed and with no way of slowing down, the spacecraft overshot the planet and barreled into orbit around the Sun.
—Discover Magazine, 15 Jan. 2018
Scrooge overshot the toss, and the coin took out Sherman’s eye.
—Michele Amabile Angermiller, Variety, 10 Dec. 2022
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overshot
adjective
over·shot
ˈō-vər-ˌshät
1
: having the upper jaw extending beyond the lower
2
: projecting beyond the lower jaw
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