undershoot
verb
un·der·shoot
ˌən-dər-ˈshüt 
undershot
ˌən-dər-ˈshät
; undershooting
; undershooting
1
: to shoot short of or below (a target)
2
: to fall short of (a runway) in landing an airplane
Examples of undershoot in a Sentence
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Lawmakers boosted that number by $4.5 billion during a midyear budget revision that included bonus payments and pay raises for state employees and teachers but will still substantially undershoot total revenue for the year.
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From Usa Today Network and Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 11 July 2022
Perhaps immunobridging actually led each company to slightly undershoot their dose size.
—Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 29 Mar. 2022
When neurotypical children throw a Frisbee for the first time, for instance, the disc may over- or undershoot the target.
—Washington Post, 29 July 2021
Italy has blocked the export of 250,000 AstraZeneca doses (made in the country) to Australia, on the basis that AZ is likely to undershoot its delivery commitments within the EU.
—David Meyer, Fortune, 5 Mar. 2021
The risk is that these sub-2% expectations become self-fulfilling and inflation over time will chronically undershoot.
—Stephanie Flanders, Bloomberg.com, 10 Nov. 2020
Given its previous inability to hit its inflation target, we should be concerned the Fed will undershoot inflation, not overshoot it.
—Alexander William Salter, National Review, 28 Sep. 2020
Their inflation expectations suggest the Fed, the ECB and the Bank of Japan will all undershoot their targets on average for the next decade.
—The Economist, 4 June 2020
City Manager Jim Thompson stressed the importance of not undershooting revenue projections.
—Lorraine Longhi, azcentral, 27 May 2020
From Usa Today Network and Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 11 July 2022
Perhaps immunobridging actually led each company to slightly undershoot their dose size.
—Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 29 Mar. 2022
When neurotypical children throw a Frisbee for the first time, for instance, the disc may over- or undershoot the target.
—Washington Post, 29 July 2021
Italy has blocked the export of 250,000 AstraZeneca doses (made in the country) to Australia, on the basis that AZ is likely to undershoot its delivery commitments within the EU.
—David Meyer, Fortune, 5 Mar. 2021
The risk is that these sub-2% expectations become self-fulfilling and inflation over time will chronically undershoot.
—Stephanie Flanders, Bloomberg.com, 10 Nov. 2020
Given its previous inability to hit its inflation target, we should be concerned the Fed will undershoot inflation, not overshoot it.
—Alexander William Salter, National Review, 28 Sep. 2020
Their inflation expectations suggest the Fed, the ECB and the Bank of Japan will all undershoot their targets on average for the next decade.
—The Economist, 4 June 2020
City Manager Jim Thompson stressed the importance of not undershooting revenue projections.
—Lorraine Longhi, azcentral, 27 May 2020
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