Synonyms for overshoot
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : verb oh-ver-shoot; noun oh-ver-shoot |
| Phonetic Transcription : verb ˌoʊ vərˈʃut; noun ˈoʊ vərˌʃut |
Top 10 synonyms for overshoot Other synonyms for the word overshoot
- abandon
- be late for
- blow
- blunder
- botch
- cancel
- clear out
- cover
- cross out
- digress
- disregard
- drop
- drop the ball
- err
- evade
- fall flat on face
- fall short
- flub
- forget
- fumble
- go beyond
- ignore
- juggle
- let go
- let slip
- lose
- miscarry
- misfire
- mislay
- misplace
- miss
- muff
- neglect
- nullify
- omit
- overgrow
- overlook
- overshoot
- overspread
- overstep
- pass over
- pass up
- permeate
- run on
- run over
- slight
- slip
- spill
- spread like wildfire
- surge
- surpass
- swarm
- switch
- trip
- trip up
- undershoot
- well over
Définition 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
- 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
Antonyms for overshoot
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