Synonyms of overshot

overshot

verb

past tense of overshoot

as in exceeded

to go beyond the limit of

don't worry if you overshoot the length requirement by three pages

Synonyms & Similar Words

• exceeded
• surpassed
• overstepped
• overran
• overreached
• transcended
• outran
• overpassed
• broke
• invaded
• outreached
• encroached
• entrenched
• infringed
• trespassed
• overdid
• overused
• overworked
• overutilized

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of overshot

Boutte’s only targets came courtesy of DeVito, who overshot him in the end zone and ripped a short curl-route completion to him in front of undrafted rookie corner Channing Canada. — Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald, 9 June 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

The workers were traveling back to their office after delivering crude oil and other supplies in a farming village in Negros Oriental province when their truck overshot the road and fell into a 100-f00t-deep ravine, police said. — Arkansas Online, 5 Feb. 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

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

Landing anything on the moon isn’t easy, as demonstrated by Apollo 11’s nail-biting touchdown, in which the Lunar Module Eagle overshot the landing site leaving only minutes of fuel to find a safe landing spot, as well as by recent Athena mission overturned landings. — Dan Vergano, Scientific American, 23 Oct. 2025

The Boeing 737-800 operated by Jeju Air belly-landed at South Korea’s Muan International Airport without its landing gear deployed on December 29, overshot the runway and burst into flames after hitting a concrete structure, killing all but two of the 181 people on board. — Khaleda Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Oct. 2025