undershoot

Other forms: undershooting; undershoots

Definitions of undershoot
  1. verb
    shoot short of or below (a target)
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    antonyms:
    overshoot
    shoot beyond or over (a target)
    type of:
    miss
    fail to reach
  2. verb
    fall short of (the runway) in a landing
    “The plane undershot the runway”
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    type of:
    land, set down
    reach or come to rest
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