Examples of overshoot in a Sentence
The plane overshot the runway.
Sometimes we overshoot our time limits.
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Goldman believes if the geopolitical outlook improves, then the market could overshoot this new base case run to 8,000.
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Fred Imbert, CNBC, 27 May 2026
But the team failed to advance to the second round after its rocket overshot the target height of 730 feet, reaching a peak of 830 feet, according to Del Norte team Vice President Hithin Pulamarasetty, who was among the four members who went to the National Finals.
—Elizabeth Marie Himchak, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 May 2026
Both days had overshot an earlier record in 2024.
—Rajesh Kumar Singh, Bloomberg, 27 Apr. 2026
That might be overshooting it a little bit.
—Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 24 Apr. 2026
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Fred Imbert, CNBC, 27 May 2026
But the team failed to advance to the second round after its rocket overshot the target height of 730 feet, reaching a peak of 830 feet, according to Del Norte team Vice President Hithin Pulamarasetty, who was among the four members who went to the National Finals.
—Elizabeth Marie Himchak, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 May 2026
Both days had overshot an earlier record in 2024.
—Rajesh Kumar Singh, Bloomberg, 27 Apr. 2026
That might be overshooting it a little bit.
—Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 24 Apr. 2026
See All Example Sentences for overshoot
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“Overshoot.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/overshoot. Accessed 5 Jun. 2026.
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overshoot
verb
over·shoot
ˌō-vər-ˈshüt 
overshot
-ˈshät
; overshooting
; overshooting
1
: to miss by going beyond
the plane overshot the runway
2
: to shoot over or beyond
overshot the target
Medical Definition
overshoot
noun
over·shoot
ˈō-vər-ˌshüt
: a rapid change in electrical potential and reversal of polarity that occurs during an action potential when a cell or tissue is stimulated
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