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Undershoot

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

v. To shoot a projectile short of (a target).

v. To start the approach of one's aircraft to (a landing area) too low or too soon.

v. To land an aircraft short of (a landing area).

verb-intransitive. To shoot short of a target.

verb-intransitive. To land short of a landing area.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

v. To shoot not far enough or not well enough.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

v. To shoot short of (a mark).

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

To shoot short of, as a mark.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

v. fall short of (the runway) in a landing

v. shoot short of or below (a target)

Word Usage

"Last year it did about $15-20 million of business and this year it had hoped do $150 million, but it may "undershoot" that goal because of the recession, says Hamilton."

Antonym

overshoot

Verb Form

undershooting undershoots undershot

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

setdown land miss

Variant

undershot