overshoot Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun an approach that fails and gives way to another attempt
    go-around; wave-off.
  2. verb shoot beyond or over (a target)
  3. verb aim too high
    • The plan overshoots its aim

WordNet


O`ver*shoot" transitive verb
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Overshot ; present participle & verbal noun Overshooting
Definitions
  1. To shoot over or beyond. "Not to overshoot his game." South.
  2. To pass swiftly over; to fly beyond. Hartle.
  3. To exceed; as, to overshoot the truth. Cowper.
O`ver*shoot" intransitive verb
Definitions
  1. To fly beyond the mark. Collier.

Webster 1913