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Antonyms for overshooting


Grammar : Verb
Spell : verb oh-ver-shoot; noun oh-ver-shoot
Phonetic Transcription : verb ˌoʊ vərˈʃut; noun ˈoʊ vərˌʃut



Definition of overshooting

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 :
  • Talpers realized that he had been betrayed into overshooting his mark.
  • Extract from : « Mystery Ranch » by Arthur Chapman
  • I realized somehow that I was overshooting and let up on the stick.
  • Extract from : « Test Pilot » by David Goodger (goodger@python.org)
  • The overshooting appears to be greater for the greater intensity of the stimulus.
  • Extract from : « Visual Illusions » by Matthew Luckiesh
  • The mistakes he made, and they were many and grievous, were mostly due to overshooting his mark, sometimes to underrating it.
  • Extract from : « Love and Lucy » by Maurice Henry Hewlett
  • The Bonapartist officers, overshooting the mark, irritated moderate Republicans.
  • Extract from : « History of the Commune of 1871 » by P. Lissagary
  • This is overshooting the mark, and is an exaggeration even a hundred years after the date assigned.
  • Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. 404, June, 1849 » by Various
  • We kept as little way as possible on our boat, determined not to lose time again by overshooting our mark.
  • Extract from : « Parkhurst Boys » by Talbot Baines Reed
  • An overcasting or overshooting of the truth; as, The train went as swift as lightning.
  • Extract from : « An Outline of English Speech-craft » by William Barnes
  • Jimmy knew he was overshooting too much to dare attempt to kill his surplus speed by fish-tailing.
  • Extract from : « The Flying Reporter » by Lewis E. (Lewis Edwin) Theiss
  • The soldiers must stick their rifles out under the wire, which prevents their overshooting in the night.
  • Extract from : « Over the Front in an Aeroplane and Scenes Inside the French and Flemish Trenches » by Ralph Pulitzer

Synonyms for overshooting

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