undershoot

verb

un·​der·​shoot ˌən-dər-ˈshüt 

undershot ˌən-dər-ˈshät  ; undershooting

transitive verb

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

Recent Examples on the Web

When it was completed in 2020, the Fed announced a new approach to ensuring price stability that would allow for inflation to run moderately above its 2% target if the preceding years saw inflation undershooting its goal. —Kevin Stankiewicz, CNBC, 17 Aug. 2025

The company’s key gauge of profitability slid to 4.7% in the third quarter, undershooting its minimum target of 8% and the lowest level since the carmaker split from its truck business in late 2021. —Alena Botros, Fortune Europe, 25 Oct. 2024

Certainly, the world’s No. 1 retailer’s announcement that it’s poised to undershoot its targets to reduce planet-heating emissions by the end of the decade doesn’t augur well for the industry at large. —Jasmin Malik Chua, Sourcing Journal, 3 Sep. 2019

Word History

First Known Use

circa 1661, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for undershoot

• absolute
• arrowroot
• attribute
• bitterroot
• constitute
• convolute
• destitute
• disrepute
• dissolute
• execute
• institute
• involute