Antonyms for overshoot

Grammar : Verb

Spell : verb oh-ver-shoot; noun oh-ver-shoot

Phonetic Transcription : verb ˌoʊ vərˈʃut; noun ˈoʊ vərˌʃut

Definition of overshoot

Origin : mid-14c., "to shoot, run, or pass beyond (a point or limit)," over- + shoot (v.). Related: Overshot; overshooting.

As in jump : verb omit, avoid
As in miss : verb fail, make a mistake
As in overrun : verb infest, spread over; exceed

Example sentences :

For an instant he had a quick fear that he might overshoot his mark.
Extract from : « Pirates of the Gorm » by Nat Schachner

All was well as yet, but he didn't want to overshoot the mark.
Extract from : « Love and Lucy » by Maurice Henry Hewlett

The door in the Overshoot's side opened and they got out quickly.
Extract from : « Starman's Quest » by Robert Silverberg

"Heads for Overshoot," he said, and caught the coin on the back of his left hand.
Extract from : « Starman's Quest » by Robert Silverberg

By standing on he was afraid that, should a passage exist, he might overshoot it.
Extract from : « Notable Voyagers » by W.H.G. Kingston and Henry Frith

"Say about a couple of thousand ounces and you overshoot it," Peters answered.
Extract from : « Colonial Born » by G. Firth Scott

I probably do not overshoot the mark when I say that there cannot be less than ten thousand.
Extract from : « The Shadow of the Czar » by John R. Carling

Miserly people often overshoot their mark, and it was so in this farm-house.
Extract from : « The Comical Adventures of Twm Shon Catty » by T. J. Llewelyn Prichard

But it also makes him careless and liable to overshoot the mark.
Extract from : « The Letters of William James, Vol. 1 » by William James

She might own herself a self-seeking worldling, and she did not overshoot the mark.
Extract from : « The Confounding of Camelia » by Anne Douglas Sedgwick

Synonyms for overshoot

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