overshoot
oh ver shooht
- n an approach that fails and gives way to another attempt
- v shoot beyond or over (a target)
- v aim too high
The plan overshoots its aim
- The average daytime high temperature for New York City this week should be 57degreesF, but on any given day the mercury will almost certainly fall short of that mark or overshoot .
- But they also have a tendency (by now well documented) to overshoot on both the upside and the downside.
- In combat, a sudden viff usually causes a pursuing fighter to overshoot.