Examples of overshoot in a Sentence
The plane overshot the runway.
Sometimes we overshoot our time limits.
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This means not undershooting to the point of looking apathetic and not overshooting to the point of looking threatening.
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Gorick Ng, CNBC, 26 Jan. 2026
Stroud also overshot a wide-open Collins late in the first half — a completion would have set up Houston for points.
—Mike Defabo, New York Times, 13 Jan. 2026
Google Chief Executive Sundar Pichai told the BBC there are times when the tech industry has overshot.
—The Los Angeles Times, Boston Herald, 22 Nov. 2025
Some worry that the FDA overshot the mark by removing the warning from all types of hormone therapies, especially pills, which expose the entire body to hormones and may increase a person’s risk for dangerous blood clots as much as fivefold.
—Brenda Goodman, CNN Money, 12 Nov. 2025
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Gorick Ng, CNBC, 26 Jan. 2026
Stroud also overshot a wide-open Collins late in the first half — a completion would have set up Houston for points.
—Mike Defabo, New York Times, 13 Jan. 2026
Google Chief Executive Sundar Pichai told the BBC there are times when the tech industry has overshot.
—The Los Angeles Times, Boston Herald, 22 Nov. 2025
Some worry that the FDA overshot the mark by removing the warning from all types of hormone therapies, especially pills, which expose the entire body to hormones and may increase a person’s risk for dangerous blood clots as much as fivefold.
—Brenda Goodman, CNN Money, 12 Nov. 2025
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“Overshoot.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/overshoot. Accessed 6 Feb. 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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